Altdorf bei Nürnberg

	ALTDORF BEI NÜRNBERG Country: Germany State: Bayern District (Kreis): Nürnberger Land Additions: 1972 Eismannsberg 1972 Grünsberg 1972 Penzenhofen-Ludersheim (partly) 1978 Hagenhausen 1978 Pühlheim 1978 Rasch 1978 Rieden 1978 Röthenbach b. Altdorf Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.385300000000000864019966684281826019287109375,"lon":11.3566000000000002501110429875552654266357421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Schwarz ein rot gekrönter und rot bewehrter goldener Löwe, der einen gespaltenen Schild hält; darin vorne in Gold ein halber schwarzer Adler am Spalt; hinten fünfmal schräg geteilt von Rot und Silber.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 1, 1836.

The oldest known seal of Altdorf dates from the late 14^th century and shows a quartered shield, quartered with the arms of Henneberg (a rooster on a mountain) and Zollern (quartered silver and black), as the town became a possession of Margrave Albrecht and his wife, a countess of Henneberg. In 1393 Ruprecht, Count of the Pfalz bought the town and the new seals thus show the golden lion of the Pfalz. When the city of Nürnberg conquered the city in 1504 the small arms of Nürnberg were added to the lion.

Image gallery

The arms in the late 15^th century
The arms in the Armorial Ribeaupierre (16^th century)
The arms in a 16^th century manuscript
The arms in a book from 1642
The arms in a 17^th century manuscript
The oldest arms by Tyroff (1835)
The second arms by Tyroff (1835)
The 'newest' arms by Tyroff (1835)
The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Deutsches Wappenmuseum

Heraldic Bibliography:Hupp, O:Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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