Alpirsbach is a town in the present day district of Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest on the Kinzig river, 13 km south of Freudenstadt and located at 48° 20' 00" N 8° 25' 00" E.
The crosier is first used on a seal from 1827. Since 1900 it is used on the arms. Before 1827 the seals of Alpirsbach showed a tree, or a wavy bar with a tree and an arm with an arrow.
The crosier symbolises the fact that the town has grown around the monastery founded in 1095. The town was made a city only in 1869.
