Rammersweier

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	RAMMERSWEIER Country : Germany State : Baden-Württemberg District (Kreis) : Ortenaukreis (until 1971 Offenburg) Incorporated into: 1971 Offenburg 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":48.48120000000000118234311230480670928955078125,"lon":7.9687999999999998834709913353435695171356201171875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted in 1899.

The local council chose a wolf based on an old local legend, in which in the Reformation a priest preached the new Lutheran faith. The people of Rammersweier attacked the church and nearly killed the priest. Afterwards the priest described the villagers as a pack of wolves attacking a lamb. Ever since the villagers were known as wolves, hence the choice of the symbol.

The village used in the 19^th century a seal with the letter B (from Baden ?), later the seal showed a wolf under a crown, which was placed in a shield in 1899.

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The arms in the District hall in Offenburg

Literature: Huber, 1987

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