Wölfersheim

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WÖLFERSHEIM

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Wetteraukreis (until 1973 Friedberg-Hessen)
Additions : 1972-4 Berstadt, Melbach, Södel, Wohnbach

Wappen von Wölfersheim/Arms (crest) of Wölfersheim
Official blazon
German

Origin/meaning

The arms show two shields, the right one with the cross of Trier, the left one with the arms of the Lords of Münzenberg. The lower part shows a falcon on a castle. The town was given first privileges (rights) by Werner von Falkenstein, Archbishop of Trier. The lower part thus would be a canting symbol for the bishop (Falk=falcon, Stein=stone), which also explains the cross of Trier. The Von Falkenstein family, however, did not use a falcon in their arms. The falcon is either meant really canting, or is derived from a 15th century image in which imaginary arms are shown for the bishop. The Von Münzenberg family ruled large parts of the Wetterau region in the 12th-14th century. They were succeeded by the Lords von Falkenstein.

The image below shows the arms as shown in the Kaffee Hag albums of the 1930s, with as a cross the black cross of the Teutonic Knights instead of Trier.

Wappen von Wölfersheim/Arms (crest) of Wölfersheim

In 1956 the arms below were proposed to simplify the arms from the seal. The proposal showed a falcon rising from the division line, with the smaller arms in quarters below. Even though this proposal is heraldically more correct, it was never adopted by the town.

Wappen von Wölfersheim/Arms (crest) of Wölfersheim





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Literature: Stadler, K., 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hessisches Ortswappenbuch, 1956.