Oberstdorf

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OBERSTDORF

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Oberallgäu (until 1979 Sonthofen)
Additions : 1972 Tiefenbach bei Oberstdorf, Schöllang (partly)

Wappen von Oberstdorf/Arms (crest) of Oberstdorf
Official blazon
German In Rot ein linkshin springendes, schwarz gezäumtes silbernes Ross.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 31, 1836.

The arms are the arms of the Lords of Haimenhausen, as Oswald von Haimenhausen acquired the village in 1370. The family became extinct several centuries later.

Wappen von Oberstdorf/Coat of arms (crest) of Oberstdorf

The arms in Kramer (1841)
Wappen von Oberstdorf/Coat of arms (crest) of Oberstdorf

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.





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