Eppelheim City (Germany)

Stadt Eppelheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2018-01-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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Eppelheim City

Eppelheim Banner

It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this image
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2017

Eppelheim Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, an orb Azure with bracket Or and topped by a cross trefly Or.
Meaning:
Formerly a dominion of the Palatine Counts, Eppelheim was acquired by the Margraviate of Baden in 1803. The arms are based on a court seal having prints since 1699. The tinctures were fixed in 1900. The orb (German: Reichsapfel, which means literally "Imperial apple") had been a local symbol and is a punning element, as Eppelheim means "home of the apples". Eppelheim gained city rank on 1 November 1998, published in GABl 676/1998.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.38

The arms were adopted in 1900. The banner was approved on 16 May 1959 by Minister of Interior of Baden-Württemberg, published in GABl 331/1959.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2017

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