Echterdingen

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ECHTERDINGEN

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Esslingen (until 1974 Böblingen)
Incorporated into : 1974 Leinfelden-Echterdingen

Official blazon
German	In Gold ein halber roter Löwe mit einem abgesetzten roten Schwanz.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted by the local council in 1906.

The arms show the lion of the arms of the Lords of Echterdingen, dating from the 13^th century. The lion never appeared on seals or older arms. The town used several symbols as village signs in the 18th and 19^th century; most often a kind of wheel, used during the wheat harvest, or an orb.