Hechingen

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HECHINGEN

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Zollernalbkreis (until 1973 Hechingen)
Additions: 1971 Stetten bei Hechingen; 1972 Bechtoldsweiler, Beuren, Boll, Schlatt, Sickingen, Stein, Weilheim

Wappen von Hechingen
Official blazon
German

Geviert von Silber und Schwarz.

English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Hechingen was founded as a city around 1300 by the Counts of Zollern (later Princes of Hohenzollern), whose ancestral castle was near the city. All seals and arms of the city thus show the quartered shield of the family.

Siegel von Hechingen

The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Seal of Hechingen

Seal from around 1900
Wappen von Hechingen

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

Municipal stationery, 1960s

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.





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