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State : [[Baden-Württemberg]]<br/>
State : [[Baden-Württemberg]]<br/>
District (Kreis) : [[Rastatt]] (until 1973 [[Kehl (kreis)|Kehl]])<br/>
District (Kreis) : [[Rastatt]] (until 1973 [[Kehl (kreis)|Kehl]])<br/>
Additions : [[Grauelsbaum,]] [[Munckenschopf]], [[Scherzheim]], [[Ulm (Lichtenau)|Ulm]]<br/>
Additions : [[Grauelsbaum]], [[Munckenschopf]], [[Scherzheim]], [[Ulm (Lichtenau)|Ulm]]<br/>


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LICHTENAU

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Rastatt (until 1973 Kehl)
Additions : Grauelsbaum, Munckenschopf, Scherzheim, Ulm

Lichtenaub.jpg

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

Lichtenau received city rights in 1300 from King Albrecht I. The city belonged until 1803 to the county Hanau-Lichtenberg, and since to Baden(-Württemberg).

The arms were granted in 1900 and are derived from the seal of the city, known from 1407-1659. All later seals show the same image, but the swan sometimes is omitted. The helmet and swan are the crest of the Counts of Lichtenberg.

Lichtenau-baden.hagd.jpg

The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature : Stadler, K.,1964-1971; John et al., 1990; Zier and Karstner, 1961.