Lichtenau (Baden)

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LICHTENAU

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Rastatt (until 1973 Kehl)
Additions : Grauelsbaum, Munckenschopf, Scherzheim, Ulm

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

Lichtenau received city rights in 1300 from King Albrecht I. The city belonged until 1803 to the county Hanau-Lichtenberg, and since to Baden(-Württemberg).

The arms were granted in 1900 and are derived from the seal of the city, known from 1407-1659. All later seals show the same image, but the swan sometimes is omitted. The helmet and swan are the crest of the Counts of Lichtenberg.