Wiesensteig

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WIESENSTEIG

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Göppingen

Official blazon

In Rot ein aus einem goldenen Fünfberg wachsender silberner Elefant.

Origin/meaning

Wiesensteig was the capital of the Counts of Helfenstein, who also granted the city rights in the middle of the 14^th century. The oldest seal is known since 1482 and already shows the elephant from the arms of the Helfenstein dynasty, rising from a mountain. All later seals and arms show the same composition.