Oettingen in Bayern

OETTINGEN IN BAYERN

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Donau-Ries (until 1973 Nördlingen)
Additions : 1972 Erlbach, Heuberg, Lehmingen, Niederhofen, Nittingen

Official blazon

German	In Rot ein silberner Schragen.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The St. Andrew's cross already appears on the oldest seal of the city, known from the late 13^th century. The cross is derived from the arms of the Counts of Oettingen, who ruled the city in the 13^th century. All later seals show the cross as the arms of the city.

The original colour is red, but in the early 19^th century a blue field was used. This change of colour has two origins. First, on a 17^th century seal the field was shown striped horizontally, probably just as a decoration. However, this is also the heraldic black and white code for blue, and thus in the early 19^th century the field was made blue. It was an appropriate colour, as silver and blue are also the colours of Bayern. Later during the 19^th century the original red colour was restored.

Seal from around 1900	The arms in Kramer (1841)
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)	The arms on an emergency coin, 1917
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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