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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]][[File:nordrhei.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Mettmann (kreis)|Mettmann]][[File:Mettmann.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on August 18, 1938. | |||
Wülfrath used in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, after the town received city rights in 1827 arms that showed a shepherd with a wolf, surrounded by a flock of sheep and lightened by a sun. These arms were based on a seal from 1620 from the local parish. It showed the local church and a shepherd fighting a wolf with a stick. It is probably symbolising the battle between good and evil. The wolf is chosen as a canting symbol. | |||
As the old arms were really non-heraldic, the present arms were devised, in which church and sheep were omitted. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:wulfrat2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wülfrath/Arms (crest) of Wülfrath|Seal from around 1900 | |||
| | File:wulfrath.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wülfrath/Arms (crest) of Wülfrath|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
File:Wülfrathp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wülfrath/Arms (crest) of Wülfrath|Postal cancellation 1980 | |||
File:Wulfrath.agros.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wülfrath/Arms (crest) of Wülfrath|The arms on a [[Agros matchbox labels|matchbox label]] | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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Country : Germany  State : Nordrhein-Westfalen  District (Kreis) : Mettmann  |
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on August 18, 1938.
Wülfrath used in the 19th century, after the town received city rights in 1827 arms that showed a shepherd with a wolf, surrounded by a flock of sheep and lightened by a sun. These arms were based on a seal from 1620 from the local parish. It showed the local church and a shepherd fighting a wolf with a stick. It is probably symbolising the battle between good and evil. The wolf is chosen as a canting symbol.
As the old arms were really non-heraldic, the present arms were devised, in which church and sheep were omitted.
Image gallery
Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Postal cancellation 1980
The arms on a matchbox label
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
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