Allendorf (Bad Sooden-Allendorf)

	ALLENDORF Country : Germany State : Hessen District (Kreis) : Witzenhausen Incorporated into: 1929 Bad Sooden-Allendorf Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.2742999999999966576069709844887256622314453125,"lon":9.977000000000000312638803734444081783294677734375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The oldest seal of the city dates from 1252 and already shows the city view. All later seals until 1605 show the same composition, which was later also used as the arms of the city. Only in 1867 rather different arms were shown for the city.

Image gallery

The arms in a manuscript from +/- 1730
The arms in 1867
The arms in an 1884 book
Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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