Usingen
Sign in to saveUsingen () is a small town in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hessen, Germany. Until 1972, this residential and school town was the seat of the former district of Usingen.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_flag
- border|100x67pxborder|100px
- German place.image_photo
- Gesamtanlage Usingen.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- City centre
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Usingen COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Usingen in HG.svg
- German place.state
- Hessen
- German place.region
- Darmstadt
- German place.district
- Hochtaunuskreis
- German place.elevation
- 269
- German place.area
- 55.81
- German place.postal_code
- 61250
- German place.area_code
- 06081
- German place.licence
- HG, USI
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 06 4 34 011
- German place.divisions
- 7 Stadtteile
- German place.website
- www.usingen.de
- German place.mayor
- Steffen Wernard
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24 sectionsContents
- Coat of arms
- Geography
- Geographical setting
- Neighbouring communities
- History
- Politics
- Town council
- Partnerships
- Sightseeing
- Usinger Schloss
- ''Evangelische Laurentiuskirche''
- Huguenot church with marketplace
- ''Eschbacher Klippen''
- Hattsteinweiher
- Economy and infrastructure
- Public transport
- Further infrastructure
- Antenna farm
- Regular events
- Notable people
- Literature
- References
- Citations
- External links
Usingen () is a small town in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hessen, Germany. Until 1972, this residential and school town was the seat of the former district of Usingen.
==Coat of arms== thumb|Seal around 1900 The earliest seal whose appearance is known – there had been earlier ones, but what they looked like is unknown – dates from 1277 and shows the four lions (golden ones denoting Nassau; silver ones denoting Saarbrücken), since the town was ruled then by the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken. Later seals did not show the billets and crosses with which the fields are spangled, but they reappeared in 1935, when the current arms were conferred. An earlier town symbol, a cloverleaf (or heraldically, a trefoil), may explain the charge on the inescutcheon. This was also added to the arms in 1935.