Achern

ACHERN

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Ortenaukreis (until 1972 Bühl)
Additions : 1971 Oberachern, 1972 Fautenbach, Gamshurst, Grossweier, Mösbach, Önsbach, Sasbachried, Wagshurst

Official blazon
German	In gespaltenem Schild vorne in Gold ein halber rot bewehrter und rot bezungter schwarzer Adler am Spalt, hinten in Rot ein silberner Balken.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Achern did not become a city before 1808. The oldest seal of the town dates from 1415 and shows a divided shield with a crosier and a demi-eagle. The crosier symbolises the influence of the bishops of Strassburg, the eagle symbolises the fact that the town was part of the imperial area of Ortenau.

From 1561 the crosier was replaced by the arms of Austria which at the time ruled the Ortenau. The eagle at the time was the Austrian eagle, showing a golden nimbus around the head. This nimbus was removed in 1805, when the town became part of Baden.

The seal from 1415-1561	The seal from 1561-1788
The seal from 1561 (?)	The seal from 1900
The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)	The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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Literature: Stadler, K., 1964-1971; John and Heine, 1989; Zier, 1964.