Zeitlofs

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ZEITLOFS

State : Bayern
District : Bad Kissingen
Additions : 1978 Detter, Eckarts-Rupboden, Roßbach, Weißenbach

Wappen von Zeitlofs/Arms (crest) of Zeitlofs
Official blazon
German Unter silbernem Schildhaupt, darin ein mit drei gewellten roten Pfählen belegter goldener Balken, in Rot ein halbmondförmiger silberner Buchenzweig mit sechs Blättern.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 27, 1980.

The upper part shows the arms of the Lords of Thüngen, who ruled most of the area from 1328-1815, when their territory became part of Bayern. The family resiste dthe pressure of the neighbouring states of Würzburg and Fulda, and remained virtually independent.

The lower half shows a beechbranch with 6 leaves for the 6 former municipalities.





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