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In a seal from 1642 the horse is first shown rampant, instead of running. Ever since the horse has been shown this way.  
In a seal from 1642 the horse is first shown rampant, instead of running. Ever since the horse has been shown this way.  


A second horse appears again between the 16th century and 1820. This time it clearly shown as a foal. This practice was also discontinued in the 1830s. Ever since the arms have not changed.
A second horse appears again between the +/- 1720 and 1820. This time it clearly shown as a foal. This practice was also discontinued in the 1830s. Ever since the arms have not changed.


The horse itself is a canting symbol. Stute = female horse, and the name is supposed to have been Stutengarten, or garden of horses. Duke Ludolf of Schwaben founded, according to legends, in 950 a horse breeding center and riding school on the spot of the present city.  
The horse itself is a canting symbol. Stute = female horse, and the name is supposed to have been Stutengarten, or garden of horses. Duke Ludolf of Schwaben founded, according to legends, in 950 a horse breeding center and riding school on the spot of the present city.  
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File:Stuttgart1591.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in the Chorographia Württemberg (Wolleber, 1591)
File:Stuttgart1591.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in the Chorographia Württemberg (Wolleber, 1591)
File:Stuttgart16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
File:Stuttgart16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
File:Stuttgartkg.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in a 16th century manuscript
File:Stuttgart1596.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in 1596
File:Stuttgart1596.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in 1596
File:Stuttgartkg.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in a manuscript
File:Stuttgart1757.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in 1757
File:Stuttgart1757.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|The arms in 1757
File:stuttgartz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|Seal of the city from around 1900
File:stuttgartz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Stuttgart/Arms (crest) of Stuttgart|Seal of the city from around 1900
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