Forchheim

	FORCHHEIM Country : Germany State : Bayern District (Kreis) : Forchheim Additions: 1978 Buckenhofen 1978 Burk 1978 Kersbach 1978 Reuth 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":49.71891000000000104819264379329979419708251953125,"lon":11.0588999999999995083044268540106713771820068359375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Rot übereinander zwei silberne Fische.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Forchheim received city rights before 1250. The oldest seal of the city is known since the late 13^th century and already shows a shield with two fish. The fish are likely trout, as the city name was thought to be derived from Forchen (from Forellen or trout).

The arms remained unchanged until 1559, when several wavy bars were added. In a 17^th century seal the letter V (from Vorchheim) was added between the fish. Otherwise all seals and images show the fish.

The colour of the shield is known as red since 1555, except for the early 19^th century when the shield was blue, the colour of Bayern. On some images from the 16th to 18^th century the shield is shown divided from red and gold.

Image gallery

The second seal of the city, from 1307.
The arms in a 16^th century manuscript
The arms in 1603
The municipal stamp shown in 1892
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Deutsches Wappenmuseum

Literature: Stadler, 1990.

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