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State : [[Bayern]]<br/> | State : [[Bayern]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen]] (until 1973 [[Gunzenhausen (kreis)|Gunzenhausen]])<br> | District (Kreis) : [[Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen]] (until 1973 [[Gunzenhausen (kreis)|Gunzenhausen]])<br> | ||
Additions : 1978 [[Kalbensteinberg]] | |||
[[File:absberg.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:absberg.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
(de) | (de) In Silber über schwarzem Dreiberg ein eingeschweifter roter Sparren. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The town was the seat of the Lords of Absberg and the arms are derived from the arms of the family. | The town was the seat of the Lords of Absberg and the arms are derived from the arms of the family. | ||
Until 1820 the seals and images of the arms showed only the chevron, sometimes in a divided shield (red and blue), but mainly in a silver field. In the early 19<sup>th</sup> century a small star was placed in the point, which was later replaced by the hills, as in the above arms. These are a canting element (Berg=mountain). | Until 1820 the seals and images of the arms showed only the chevron, sometimes in a divided shield (red and blue), but mainly in a silver field. In the early 19<sup>th</sup> century a small star was placed in the point, which was later replaced by the hills, as in the above arms. These are a canting element (Berg=mountain). | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:absberg.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:absberg.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}-mus.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [https://wappenmuseum.jimdo.com/deutsche-st%C3%A4dte-und-gemeindewappen/ Deutsches Wappenmuseum] | |||
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