Truchtelfingen
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TRUCHTELFINGEN
State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Zollernalbkreis (until 1973 Balingen)
Incorporated into : 1949 Tailfingen (1973 Albstadt)
Official blazon
Unter goldenem Schildhaupt, darin eine liegende schwarze Hirschstange, in Silber ein aufgerichteter schwarzer Bär mit silbernem Halsband.
Origin/meaning
The arms were adopted in 1918 and show in the base the arms of the Sankt Gallen Abbey, to which the area historically belonged. The deer antler in the chief is the symbol of Württemberg.