Dornstetten

	DORNSTETTEN Country : Germany State : Baden-Württemberg District (Kreis) : Freudenstadt Additions: 1975 Aach 1975 Hallwangen 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":48.465000000000003410605131648480892181396484375,"lon":8.5006000000000003780087354243732988834381103515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold unter einer liegenden fünfendigen schwarzen Hirschstange ein schwarzer Dornstrauch.
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Origin/meaning

Dornstetten received city rights in 1270 from Count Heinrich II von Urach-Fürstenberg. The oldest seal dates from the same time and shows the arms of the counts.

Around 1320 the city became a possession of the Counts of Württemberg, and the seals showed the three deer antlers of Württemberg. The shield was surrounded by canting thorn branches (Dorn=thorn). The two elements were combined in the 16^th century, showing a single antler above a thorn bush. All later seals and images show the same combination, even though the actual shape and size of the bush differs widely.

Image gallery

The arms in 1535
The arms in the Chorographia Württemberg (Wolleber, 1591)
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in 1596
The municipal stamp shown in 1892
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms shown in an album from 1952

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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