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State : [[Rheinland-Pfalz]]<br/> | State : [[Rheinland-Pfalz]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Mainz-Bingen]] (until 1969 [[Bingen (kreis)|Bingen]])<br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Mainz-Bingen]] (until 1969 [[Bingen (kreis)|Bingen]])<br/> | ||
Additions : 1929 [[Büdesheim (Bingen)|Büdesheim]]; 1939 [[Gaulsheim]], [[Kempten (Bingen)|Kempten]]; 1969 [[Bingerbrück]]; 1972 [[Dietersheim]], [[Dromersheim]], [[Sponsheim]] | Additions : 1929 [[Büdesheim (Bingen)|Büdesheim]]; 1939 [[Gaulsheim]], [[Kempten (Bingen)|Kempten]]; 1969 [[Bingerbrück]]; 1972 [[Dietersheim (Bingen)|Dietersheim]], [[Dromersheim]], [[Sponsheim]] | ||
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) |
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BINGEN AM RHEIN
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Mainz-Bingen (until 1969 Bingen)
Additions : 1929 Büdesheim; 1939 Gaulsheim, Kempten; 1969 Bingerbrück; 1972 Dietersheim, Dromersheim, Sponsheim
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms show St. Martin, the patron saint of the town and the arms of the State of Mainz.
Bingen became a city in the early 13th century and the oldest seal of the city, shows St. Martin sitting on a throne like a bishop. This is an identical seal as several other cities in the State of Mainz (see Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg).
Later seals show St. Martin in the more common way, as a knight cutting his coat for a beggar. Not always was St. Martin shown on the arms, sometimes only the wheel of Mainz was used.
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.