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Additions : 1972 Althausen, Brünn, Burghausen, Fridritt, Kleinwenkheim, [[Großwenkheim]], Reichenbach, Seubrigshausen, Wermerichshausen, [[Windheim (Münnerstadt)|Windheim]]

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====Official blazon====

(de) In Rot eine silberne Torburg mit zwei spitzbedachten Türmen und offenem Tor mit silbernem Fallgatter; zwischen den Türmen auf silbernen Wolken sitzend die blau gekleidete, golden gekrönte Heilige Maria, die auf der Rechten das golden gekrönte, eine goldene Weltkugel haltende Kind, in der Linken das goldene Zepter trägt.

====Origin/meaning====

The arms of the city have changed several times during history. The oldest seal of the city, dating from 1297 shows a city gate, with in the gate the Count of Henneberg as a knight on a horse. The city at the time was a possession of the Counts of Henneberg. In the seal from 1338 a small shield on the main tower with the arms of Henneberg was added. In 1354 this shield was quartered with the arms of the State of Würzburg, as the Archbishops of Würzburg acquired part of the city. In 1585 the city became the sole possession of Würzburg and the middle tower of the gate was replaced by the Madonna. The knight in the gate disappeared and was replaced by the arms of Julius Echter, the Archbishop of Würzburg at the time. In 1819 this shield was removed. The colours were also not determined, as can also be seen from the arms shown below from the 1920s.  

|align="center"|[[File:munnerstadt.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925   

[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: [[Kaffee Hag albums]], 1920s