City of Bad Urach (Germany)

Stadt Bad Urach, Kreis Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2013-10-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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City of Bad Urach

Bad Urach City Banner

Description of banner:
It is a blue - white -red vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon spotted this banner on 20 July 2003 at the local town hall.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 May 2013

Bad Urach Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (= yellow) shield is a red horn chained blue with three feathers (blue - white - red) in the mouthpiece.
Meaning:
Urach had been a market town. It belonged to Württemberg since 1265. Urach became a city at the end of the 13th century and the oldest seal dates from the same time. It already displayed a horn, but without feathers and not in a shield. The horn was placed in a shield and finally in the early 20th century the feathers were added, which were, like the horn itself, taken from the crest of the Counts of Wüürttemberg.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.105

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 May 2013

Borough of Hengen

Hengen Banner

Description of banner:
It is a green - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: "Wappenbuch - Die Städte- und Gemeindewappen im Landkreis Reutlingen" , p.28; Münsingen-Rietheim, 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2013

Hengen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (= white) shield is a green, rooted beech tree.
Meaning:
Hengen was first mentioned in 1272 as a farm, which had been a donation of Ulrich, son of Sigfried of Urach to the monastery in Offenhausen. The region became a property of Württemberg either in 1251 or 1265. The village was incorporated into Urach on 1 December 1972. The tree is representing the so called "Henger Dicke", which had been a pasturage in a hague of beeches, which was turned into farmland by forest clearance in the 16th century.
Source: "Wappenbuch - Die Städte- und Gemeindewappen im Landkreis Reutlingen" , p.28; Münsingen-Rietheim, 2001

The coat of arms was adopted in 1931 by the local council, the colours in 1956.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Oct 2013

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