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Eppingen City (Germany)

Stadt Eppingen, Landkreis Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2017-11-23 by klaus-michael schneider
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Eppingen City

Eppingen Banner

It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Eppingen Fire Brigade
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2017

Eppingen Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Or a bend Gules, at sinister Sable an eagle Or armed Gules.
Meaning:
In 1227 the Imperial Village was impawned to Marquess Hermann V of Baden. Eppingen gained city rights in 1290 and again in 1303. The first city seal with prints from 1454 only displayed the Badenian bend, stressing the sovereignty of Baden. Seal and arms remained the same, even after the city had become a possession of the Palatine Counts of Rhine in 1462. The sinister half was added in 1958 and displays the Imperial Eagle in counterchanged colours, alluding to the fact that it had been a possession of the Salian (Franconian) kin in the 11th century and of the Staufen kin in the 12th century.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.38

Banner and arms were approved on 14 February 1958 by Minister of Interior of Baden Württemberg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2017


Kleingartach Borough

Kleingartach Banner

[Kleingartach borough banner] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2017

It is a white-red vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2017

Kleingartach Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, issuant from base a triplemount Vert, crowned by an embattled tower Argent with port and windows sable, flanked by two trees Vert, in chief an impending inescutcheon Or, charged with three antlers Sable ordered per pale.
Meaning:
Around 1298 the city was founded beneath Leinburg Castle, probably by the Marquesses of Baden. The second seal with prints since 1514 displayed an embattled tower, probably alluding to the castle, beneath an inescutcheon charged with the antlers of Württemberg. Since 1605 (Siebmacher) and since 1626 in later seals the trees were added. The meaning of the triplemount is not mentioned in source. The tower had been the only local symbol until 1684.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.59
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Nov 2017


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