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'''WALBECK'''

State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br>
Disctrict (Kreis) : [[Kleve (kreis)|Kleve]] (until 1974 [[Geldern (kreis)|Geldern]])<br/>
Incorporated into : 1969 [[Geldern]]

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'''Origin/meaning :'''<br/>
Walbeck was a possession of the Counts of Nydeggen until 1359 when it was sold to Geldern. 

The oldest seal of Waldeck dates from 1468 and shows a divided shield, with in the upper part the lion of Gelre and in the lower part the letter W. Both later seals, from the 16th and 18<sup>th</sup> century, show the same arms.   

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|align="center"|[[File:walbeck1.jpg|center]] <br/>The oldest seal of Walbeck (1468)
|align="center"|[[File:walbeckz2.jpg|center]] <br/>The second seal of Walbeck (1512-1567)
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|align="center"|[[File:walbeckz1.jpg|center]] <br/>The third seal of Walbeck (1613-1669)
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[[Literature]] : Nagel, R. : Rheinisches Wappenbuch, Köln, 1986; Frankewitz, S. en G. Fenner : De zegels der steden en dorpen in het overkwartier van Gelre/Die Siegel der Städte und Dörfer im geldrischen Oberquartier. Venlo, z.j. 291 blz.(bilingual)

[[Category:German Municipalities W]]
[[Category:Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
[[Category:Geldern]]
[[Category:Kleve]]
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