Bad Salzhausen
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BAD SALZHAUSEN
State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Wetteraukreis (until 1972 Büdingen)
Incorporated into : 1970 Nidda
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were designed and granted in 1929.
The arms show a salt-hook, a tool used in salt mining, which has been used for many centuries in the local salt mines. The town is a health resort and spa since 1826 and the snake is used as a symbol for th ehealing properties of the local salt water.
Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.