Crailsheim

	CRAILSHEIM Country: Germany State: Baden-Württemberg District (Kreis): Schwäbisch Hall (until 1972 Crailsheim) Additions: 1940 Ingersheim 1971 Tiefenbach 1971 Onolzheim 1972 Jagstheim 1972 Rossfeld 1973 Westgartshausen 1975 Goldbach 1975 Triensbach 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":49.13499999999999801048033987171947956085205078125,"lon":10.0692000000000003723243935382924973964691162109375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold drei gestürzte schwarze Kesselhaken nebeneinander.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Crailsheim received city rights in 1323 from the Counts of Hohenlohe. The city became a possession of the Margraves of Nürnberg in 1399. The latter confirmed the arms, somewhere in the 15^th century, as the oldest known seal of the city, which dates from 1310 already shows the above arms. The colours, however, were not known until the 19^th century and are the colours of the Counts of Hohenlohe.

The three symbols are kettle hooks, not keys. The hooks are probably a canting symbol, the hooks are called Craile in the local (historical) dialect.

The arms did not change after the addition of the other municipalities.

Image gallery

The arms in the Armorial Ribeaupierre (16th century)
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Seal from around 1900
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in a German album +/- 1910
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in an album from 1968

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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