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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Niedersachsen]][[File:Niedersachsen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Wolfsburg|Stadt Wolfsburg]][[File:Wolfsburg.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1972 [[Helmstedt (kreis)|Helmstedt]])<br><br><br> | |||
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* 1972 [[Wolfsburg]] | |||
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The arms show a boar, which is derived from the word Vor, or a lean piglet. The boar probably was used ad a symbol for the city already in the 15<sup>th</sup> century, but the oldest known seal dates from the 17<sup>th</sup> century. The seal showed the boar on a filed (Felde) and the arms thus have not changed since. | The arms show a boar, which is derived from the word Vor, or a lean piglet. The boar probably was used ad a symbol for the city already in the 15<sup>th</sup> century, but the oldest known seal dates from the 17<sup>th</sup> century. The seal showed the boar on a filed (Felde) and the arms thus have not changed since. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:Vorsfeldez1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Vorsfelde/Arms (crest) of Vorsfelde|Seal from around 1900 | |||
| | File:vorsfelde.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Vorsfelde/Arms (crest) of Vorsfelde|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
File:Vorsfeldep.jpg|alt=Wappen von Vorsfelde/Arms (crest) of Vorsfelde|Postal cancellation | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | ||
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Origin/meaning
The arms show a boar, which is derived from the word Vor, or a lean piglet. The boar probably was used ad a symbol for the city already in the 15th century, but the oldest known seal dates from the 17th century. The seal showed the boar on a filed (Felde) and the arms thus have not changed since.
Image gallery
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
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