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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | <center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | ||
'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | '''Country''': Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | ||
'''State''' : [[Hessen]][[File:Hessen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | '''State''': [[Hessen]][[File:Hessen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | ||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]][[File:Giessen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1976 [[Wetzlar (kreis)|Wetzlar]])<br><br><br> | '''District (Kreis)''': [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]][[File:Giessen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1976 [[Wetzlar (kreis)|Wetzlar]])<br><br><br> | ||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | '''Incorporated into''':<br> | ||
* 1970 [[Biebertal]] | * 1970 [[Biebertal]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city | The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city around 1350, but there are no seals known older than the 16<sup>th</sup> century. These seals, as well as all later images, show already these arms. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Königsbergz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The seal | File:Königsbergz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The seal on a 17th century document | ||
File:Königsberg17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | File:Königsberg17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | ||
File:Königsberg1867.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in 1867 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 08:44, 16 June 2024
Country: Germany State: Hessen District (Kreis): Giessen (until 1976 Wetzlar) Incorporated into:
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German | Im blauen Schild eine goldene Krone auf goldenem Dreiberg. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city around 1350, but there are no seals known older than the 16th century. These seals, as well as all later images, show already these arms.
Image gallery
The arms in a manuscript from +/- 1730
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
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