Amorbach

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AMORBACH

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Miltenberg
Additions: 1973 Boxbrunn; 1976 Reichartshausen

Wappen von Amorbach/Arms (crest) of Amorbach
Official blazon
German In Grün eine silberne Kirche in Seitenansicht mit zwei Fassadentürmen, sechseckigem Dachreiter und quadratischem Turm am Chorschluss.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The town developed around the large Benedictine monastery Amorbach and became a city in 1253. All seals of the city have shown the monastery, but during the centuries the shape, numer of towers and size of the monastery have changed considerably. Most seals also showed the wheel of Mainz, Amorbach was part of the State of Mainz.

The present arms show the monastery taken from the picture of Hupp in the late 19th century. Besides the monastery on arms and seals there is a small cartouche dating from 1687 that simply shows a letter A. Whether this has been used often is not known.

Wappen von Amorbach/Coat of arms (crest) of Amorbach

The arms by Tyroff (1835)
Siegel von Amorbach

The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)
Wappen von Amorbach/Coat of arms (crest) of Amorbach

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Wappen von Amorbach/Coat of arms (crest) of Amorbach

The arms in the Deutsches Wappenmuseum





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Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s