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The present arms were officially granted on March 13, 1939.  
The present arms were officially granted on March 13, 1939.  


The arms of Fürth are not very old. The trefoil first appears in a seal of the governor of the city for the Bamberg Abbey, Hornung. His seal shows the trefoil held by a hand and surrounded on each side by a crescent. In the 18<sup>th</sup> century three combined trefoils are used in images and on borderstones. In 1818 the city uses for the first time a single trefoil, surrounding oak branches, see image below.  
The arms of Fürth are not very old. The trefoil first appears in a seal of the governor of the city for the Bamberg Abbey, Hornung. His seal shows the trefoil held by a hand and surrounded on each side by a crescent. In the 18<sup>th</sup> century three combined trefoils are used in images and on borderstones. In 1818 the city uses for the first time a single trefoil, surrounding oak branches, see images below.  


The meaning of the trefoil, however, is not known.
The meaning of the trefoil, however, is not known.

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State : Bayern
Urban District (Stadtkreis) : Fürth
Additions: 1900 Poppenreuth; 1901 Dambach, Oberfürberg, Unterfürberg; 1918 Atzenhof, Unterfarrnbach; 1923 Burgfarrnbach; 1927 Ronhof; 1972 Sack, Stadeln, Vach

Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

Official blazon

In Silber ein dreiblättriges grünes Kleeblatt.

Origin/meaning

The present arms were officially granted on March 13, 1939.

The arms of Fürth are not very old. The trefoil first appears in a seal of the governor of the city for the Bamberg Abbey, Hornung. His seal shows the trefoil held by a hand and surrounded on each side by a crescent. In the 18th century three combined trefoils are used in images and on borderstones. In 1818 the city uses for the first time a single trefoil, surrounding oak branches, see images below.

The meaning of the trefoil, however, is not known.

Siegel von Fürth (Bayern)

The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Seal of Fürth (Bayern)

Seal from around 1900
Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

The arms in a German album +/- 1910
Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

The arms in a German album
Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

The arms in a 1936 album
Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

The arms in the Abadie albums
Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

The arms on a postal cancellation, 1958
Wappen von Fürth (Bayern)

The arms in the Deutsches Wappenmuseum

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Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s