Delkenheim

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DELKENHEIM

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Wiesbaden (until 1977 Main-Taunus Kreis)
Incorporated into : 1977 Wiesbaden

Origin/meaning

The arms show an undefined symbol, which was used as a village symbol on border-stones since the middle of the 19^th century.
Although Delkenheim received city rights from the Lords of Eppstein in 1320, it never developed into a city and did not have its own seal until the 17^th century. This seal showed the apostles Judas and Simon, the local patron saints. Later seals placed the saints in a shield, but this composition was never used as true heraldic arms.

Literature : Hessisches Wappenbuch, 1956