Dinkelsbühl

DINKELSBÜHL

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Ansbach (until 1973 Dinkelsbühl)
Additions : 1970 Seidelsdorf; 1971 Esbach, Hellenbach, Knittelsbach, Langensteinbach, Oberradach, Segringen, Waldeck, Waldhäuslein, Wolfertsbronn; 1978 Sinbronn, Weidelbach

Official blazon

German	In Rot auf silbernem Dreiberg nebeneinander drei goldene Ähren.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Dinkelsbühl received city rights in the 13^th century. The city used for many centuries seals with two different arms, both first mentioned in the early 14^th century. One type shows an imperial eagle flanked by wheat ears (Dinkel is a kind of grain), the other type shows three ears on a small mountain.

Other, single, seals showed only an eagle, or an eagle holding the shield with the three ears. In the 19^th century the city used a seal with an eagle which has the shield with the ears as a breastshield.

As arms on documents and buildings, the shield with the three ears has been used since 1446. This composition has not changed, although the colours and shape of the elements have differed, as seen in the arms of Hupp from the 1920s (see below).

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  The arms in the late 15th century

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  The arms around 1500

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  The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530

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  The arms in a 16th century manuscript

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  The arms in a 17th century manuscript

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  The arms by Tyroff (1835)

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  The municipal stamp shown in 1892

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  The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)

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  The arms in an album from around 1910

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  The arms on a stamp from the 1920s

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  Emergency money 1917

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  The arms on a 1928 coin

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

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  Municipal stationery, 1950s

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  Municipal stationery, 1960s

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  The arms in an album from 1968

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