Ulrichstein

	ULRICHSTEIN Country : Germany State : Hessen District (Kreis) : Vogelsbergkreis (until 1972 Lauterbach) Additions: 1971 Bobenhausen II 1971 Feldkrücken 1971 Helpershain 1971 Kölzenhain 1971 Ober-Seibertenrod 1971 Rebgeshain 1971 Unter-Seibertenrod 1971 Wohnfeld 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":50.57560000000000144382283906452357769012451171875,"lon":9.1940000000000008384404281969182193279266357421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Im goldenen Schild mit blauem Schildbord ein goldgekrönter roter Löwe.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Ulrichstein was founded in the 13^th century and received city rights in 1347 from Heinrich von Eisenbach, ruling the city as vassal of the Dukes of Hessen.

The oldest seal of the city dates from the early 16^th century and shows the striped lion of Hessen. A second seal dating from the 17^th century shows the same lion. In the meantime in 1605 the arms of Ulrichstein were mentioned in a roll of arms as an uncrowned striped lion in a shield with a silver bordure. A little later the arms appeared in the collection of Siebmacher as a red lion with a blue bordure. Later images all showed a lion in a bordure, but the colours differed widely, and the lion was shown both crowned as well as uncrowned.

The above arms were finally granted in 1952 in well defined colours.

Image gallery

The 17^th century seal
The arms in 1867
The arms in a manuscript from +/- 1730
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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