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Gevelsberg received city rights in 1886. As no historical seals of arms were known the above arms were designed and granted in 1903. | Gevelsberg received city rights in 1886. As no historical seals of arms were known the above arms were designed and granted in 1903. | ||
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GEVELSBERG
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Ennepe-Ruhr Kreis
Additions : 1970 Amt Volmarstein (partly), Asbeck, Berge, Silschede
Official blazon
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Origin/meaning
Gevelsberg received city rights in 1886. As no historical seals of arms were known the above arms were designed and granted in 1903.
Although the official description mentiones a golden shield, all images until the 1970s show the shield as silver. Presently the city uses the arms with a golden shield. The small shield was described as gold with a black wheel, but the image of the grant shows the small shield red. Later images (Meyer, Hupp) show the wheel blue (see below).
 The arms on the original grant |
 The arms until the 1970s |
The building symbolises the former Cistercian monastery, and was also used as a canting element (from Gewel=Giebel=front of a house). The red and silver colours are derived from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, who owned the area in medieval times.
The small shield with the hammer-wheel symbolises the industry in the area.
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms as shown in 1940 |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
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Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Meyer, 1940, [http://www.gevelsberg.de Stadt Gevelsberg