Herbstein

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HERBSTEIN

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) :Vogelsbergkreis (until 1972 Lauterbach)
Additions : 1971 Altenschlirf, Lanzenhain, Schlechtenwegen, Steinfurt; 1972 Rixfeld, Schadges, Stockhausen

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1952.

The oldest seal of the city dates from the 14^th century and shows only a shield with a cross. This is the arms of the State of Fulda, to which the city belonged at the time. On the 17^th century seals the above arms appeared. They show the local patron saint, St. James the elder, with a small shield in which there are two crossed sticks. These are one of the symbols of the saint, who was clubbed to death.