Windsbach

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WINDSBACH

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Ansbach
Additions : 1972 Brunn, Elpersdorf bei Windsbach, Hergersbach, Ismannsdorf, Moosbach, Retzendorf, Untereschenbach, Wernsbach bei Windsbach, Winkelhaid; 1973 Suddersdorf; 1976 Bertholdsdorf, Sauernheim; 1978 Veitsaurach

Wappen von Windsbach

Official blazon

Gespalten; vorne geviert von Silber und Schwarz, hinten in Rot ein silberner Schrägwellenbalken.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 10, 1614 by Markgrave Joachim Ernst of Brandenburg-Ansbach, but as two separate shields under the crest of the hohenzollern family (a dog).

The quartered shield is the arms of the Markgraves of Nürnberg, from the Hohenzollern dynasty. The other shield shows a wavy bend as a canting symbol for the town, Bach means stream. The original description shows a green bend in red, which was later changed to the more correct silver. In the 18th century a letter W was often placed on the bend. In 1819 the two shields were combined to the present arms and the W disappeared.

Wappen von Windsbach

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s