Weinsberg

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WEINSBERG

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Heilbronn
Additions : 1973 Grantschen; 1975 Gellmersbach, Wimmental

Official blazon

In gespaltenem Schild vorne in Silber ein rotbewehrter und rotbezungter halber schwarzer Adler am Spalt, hinten in Blau auf goldenem Berg ein goldener Rebstock an goldenem Pfahl.

Origin/meaning

Weinsberg was founded as a city in the 14^th century and remained a possession of the Lords of Weinsberg until 1430. In 1440 the city became part of the Palatinate and in 1504 of Württemberg.
The oldest known seal dates from 1318 and shows, as does the second seal, only the canting vine on a mountain (Wein=vine, Berg=mountain). The imperial eagle was added in the middle of the 15^th century. Until the middle of the 19^th century the eagle was either used alone or with the vine on a breast shield. Since the middle of the 19^th century the present composition is used.