Michelstadt

	MICHELSTADT Country : Germany State : Hessen District (Kreis) : Odenwaldkreis (until 1972 Erbach) Additions: 1971 Stockheim 1971 Vielbrunn 1971 Weiten-Gesäß 1972 Rehbach 1972 Steinbach 1972 Steinbuch 1972 Würzberg Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.67730000000000245563569478690624237060546875,"lon":8.99980000000000046611603465862572193145751953125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1541 by Count Georg of Erbach, when the city received its new seal. The decoration in the lower field appears on the seal from 1541, but is not mentioned in the grant.

The arms have not changed since.

The stars are derived from the arms of the Counts of Erbach, but why the division of the shield was chosen is not known.

Image gallery

The original document from 1541
Seal from 1541 with the arms
The seal from 1617
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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