City of Asperg (Germany)

Stadt Asperg, Kreis Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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City of Asperg

Asperg City Banner

Description of banner:
It is a green - yellow vertical bicolour.The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: municipal webpage, (gallery on occasion of visit of chancellor Angela Merkel)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Jun 2013

Asperg Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (= yellow) shield on a green triple mount stands an aspen tree of the same colour, flanked by two upright, black attires.
Meaning:
Asperg, located near a castle of the Palatine Counts of Tübingen, gained city rights already in 1310, was downgraded to a market town in 1718, and gained city rights again in 1785. The first known seal dates from 1560 and shows an aspen, a canting element, above two attires, taken from the arms of Württemberg. In 1693 the triple mount was added. In addition to this, 17th and 18th century seals showed some stars around the tree. The present arms are used since the 19th century, based upon the depiction given in Gadner's forest atlas (1596).
Sources: Stadler 1971, p.17 and Heinz Bardua: "Kreis- und Gemeindewappen in Baden-Württemberg; vol. 1: Die Kreis- und Gemeindewappen im Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart"

The banner was adopted in 1933. The colours of the sheet are the main colours of the coat of arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Jun 2013

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