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.
 The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
Literature : Stadler, K.,1964-1971; John et al., 1990; Zier and Karstner, 1961.