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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

ARNSTADT

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Ilm-Kreis (until 1994 Arnstadt)
Additions : 1922 Angelhausen-Oberndorf; 1994 Dosdorf, Siegelbach, Espenfeld; 1999 Rudisleben

Wappen von Arnstadt

Origin/meaning:
The arms show a canting eagle (Adler/Arend). The eagle already appears on the coins of the Hersfeld Abbey, struck in Arnstadt in 1200. On slightly younger seals the eagle is seen between two towers of a city gate. The eagle itself is canting, from Adlerstadt or eagle-city. Later seals always showed the eagle, mostly without the towers.

The complete armorial bearings of Arnstadt, which are no longer used, showed a helmet with a mural crown and an eagle as crest.

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The arms of Arnstadt as shown around 1900, in the Abadie albums (1930s), the Kaffee Hag albums and by Rühl (1939)

Literature : Ulle, 1997


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