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'''BALSBACH''' | '''BALSBACH''' | ||
State : [[Baden-Württemberg]]<br/> | State : [[Baden-Württemberg]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Neckar-Odenwald Kreis]] <br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Neckar-Odenwald Kreis]] <br/> | ||
Incorporated into : 1972 [[Limbach (Baden)|Limbach]] | Incorporated into: 1972 [[Limbach (Baden)|Limbach]] | ||
[[File:balsbach.jpg|center]] | [[File:balsbach.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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In Silber auf grünem Zweig ein schwarzer Auerhahn. | |+Official blazon | ||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Silber auf grünem Zweig ein schwarzer Auerhahn. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were adopted in 1913. | The arms were adopted in 1913. | ||
The Capercaillie (or Wood grouse, Auerhahn in German) is used as a canting element, and is shown courting (Balzen in German). The capercaillie was aslready used in the arms of the village from the 19th century. Those arms showed a divided shield, with in the upper part the three swan's necks of the Zwingenberg dynasty and the three blue eagle of the Princes of Leiningen; the historical rulers in the area. | The Capercaillie (or Wood grouse, Auerhahn in German) is used as a canting element, and is shown courting (Balzen in German). The capercaillie was aslready used in the arms of the village from the 19th century. Those arms showed a divided shield, with in the upper part the three swan's necks of the Zwingenberg dynasty and the three blue eagle of the Princes of Leiningen; the historical rulers in the area. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities B]] | [[Category:German Municipalities B]] |
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