Mannheim

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MANNHEIM

State : Baden-Württemberg
Urban district (Stadtkreis) : Mannheim
Additions : 1895 Friesenheimer Insel; 1897 Käfertal; 1899 Neckarau; 1910 Feudenheim; 1913 Sandhofen, Rheinau; 1929 Wallstadt; 1930 Seckenheim, Friedrichsfeld, Kirschgartshausen, Sandtorf, Straßenheim

Official blazon

In gespaltenem Schild vorn in Gold ein aufrechter roter Doppelhaken (Wolfsangel), hinten in Schwarz ein rot bewehrter, rot bezungter und rot gekrönter doppelschwänziger goldener Löwe.

Origin/meaning

Mannheim received city rights in 1606 and 1652, but the village had its own court and seals already in the early 16^th century. The oldest known seal dates from 1510 and shows the lion of the Pfalz and the arms of the Wittelsbach family, who, at the time ruled the <a href=rheinlan|Pfalz]]. Mannheim belonged to the Pfalz. The arms remained unchanged until the early 18^th century, when the diamonds were replaced by the so-called wolf-iron. This symbol was used as a village and city symbol on border stones, but not as arms. The arms were officially granted in 1896.

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925	The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910	The arms in the Abdulla album, 1928
The arms on a 1960s matchox label	The arms in the Abadie albums	The arms in the Emmerlinge albums

Mannheim-Schönau

Schönau was never a separate municipality, but a borough of Mannheim.

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