Frickenhausen am Main

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FRICKENHAUSEN AM MAIN

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Würzburg (until 1973 Ochsenfurt)
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft : Eibelstadt

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ??-??-1956

The town was in the 14^th century fortified by the Bishops of Würzburg, who gave it in loan to the caretakers of the Würzburg cathedral (Domkapittel) in 1406. The oldest seals date from the 16^th century (1537) and already show the grapes and the crosier. The crosier disappeared in the 19^th century, but was re-introduced when the arms were granted in 1956. The crosier is the symbol for the Bishops, the grapes symbolise the importance of viticulture in the area.