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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were granted in 1961 and show in the chief the arms of the Wittelsbach family, Princes of the Pfalz, as Bürstadt belonged to the Pfalz from 1461-1623. The lower part shows in the colours of the [[Mainz (State)|State of Mainz]] (to which the city belonged after 1623), a cross as a symbol for the Imperial Abbey in Lorsch, which played a major role in the history of the city. | The arms were granted in 1961 and show in the chief the arms of the Wittelsbach family, Princes of the Pfalz, as Bürstadt belonged to the Pfalz from 1461-1623. The lower part shows in the colours of the [[Mainz (State)|State of Mainz]] (to which the city belonged after 1623), a cross as a symbol for the Imperial Abbey in Lorsch, which played a major role in the history of the city. | ||