Sinsheim

	SINSHEIM Country : Germany State : Baden-Württemberg District (Kreis) : Rhein-Neckar Kreis (until 1973 Sinsheim) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1973 Adersbach 1973 Dühren 1973 Ehrstädt 1973 Eschelbach 1973 Hasselbach 1973 Hilsbach 1973 Hoffenheim 1973 Reihen 1973 Rohrbach bei Sinsheim 1973 Steinsfurt 1973 Waldangelloch 1973 Weiler 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":49.25359999999999871533873374573886394500732421875,"lon":8.8755000000000006110667527536861598491668701171875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold ein rot bewehrter schwarzer Adler.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Sinsheim was first mentioned as a city in 1234 and became a free imperial city in the late 13^th century. The oldest seal dates from the same time already shows the imperial eagle. All later seals and images have shown the eagle as the arms of Sinsheim ever since.

Image gallery

The seal from 1300
The seal from 1330-1402
The seal from 1441-1525
The seal from 1575
The seal from 1738-1763
The seal from 1813
19th century seal/stamp
19th century seal/stamp
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Kurmark Wappenschau album from 1929
The arms in an album from around 1950
The arms in an album from 1968
The arms on a cover with Longué-Jumelles

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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