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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''': Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''': [[Bayern]][[File:Bayern.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''': [[Wunsiedel (kreis)|Wunsiedel]][[File:wunsied2.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1978 [[Brand (Marktredwitz)|Brand]] | |||
* 1978 [[Korbersdorf]] | |||
* 1978 [[Leutendorf]] | |||
* 1978 [[Lorenzreuth]] | |||
* 1978 [[Wölsau]] | |||
* 1978 [[Wölsauerhammer]] | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| Geteilt von Gold und Rot; oben ein wachsender, rot gezungter schwarzer Adler, unten an der Teilung ein unterhalbes silbernes Rad. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Marktredwitz received city rights in 1384 and the oldest known seal dates from 1441. The seal already shows the above arms. | Marktredwitz received city rights in 1384 and the oldest known seal dates from 1441. The seal already shows the above arms. | ||
The eagle in the upper half is the Imperial eagle, as the city was historically an imperial possession. The wheel in the lower half is a canting symbol, Rad meaning wheel. All later seals and images have shown the above arms, although the colours have sometimes been changed during the centuries. | The eagle in the upper half is the Imperial eagle, as the city was historically an imperial possession. The wheel in the lower half is a canting symbol, Rad meaning wheel. All later seals and images have shown the above arms, although the colours have sometimes been changed during the centuries. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:marktredz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Marktredwitz/Arms (crest) of Marktredwitz|The first seal of the city | |||
File:marktredz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Marktredwitz/Arms (crest) of Marktredwitz|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:marktredwitz.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Marktredwitz/Arms (crest) of Marktredwitz|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
| | File:Marktredwitz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Marktredwitz/Arms (crest) of Marktredwitz|The arms on the city hall | ||
File:Marktredwitz-cover.jpg|alt=Wappen von Marktredwitz/Arms (crest) of Marktredwitz|The arms on a manhole cover | |||
File:Marktredwitzp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Marktredwitz/Arms (crest) of Marktredwitz|Postal cancellation | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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[[Category:German Municipalities M]] | [[Category:German Municipalities M]] | ||
[[Category:Bayern]] | [[Category:Bayern]] | ||
[[Category:Wunsiedel]] | [[Category:Wunsiedel]] |
Latest revision as of 09:10, 16 June 2024
Country: Germany State: Bayern District (Kreis): Wunsiedel Additions:
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German | Geteilt von Gold und Rot; oben ein wachsender, rot gezungter schwarzer Adler, unten an der Teilung ein unterhalbes silbernes Rad. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
Marktredwitz received city rights in 1384 and the oldest known seal dates from 1441. The seal already shows the above arms.
The eagle in the upper half is the Imperial eagle, as the city was historically an imperial possession. The wheel in the lower half is a canting symbol, Rad meaning wheel. All later seals and images have shown the above arms, although the colours have sometimes been changed during the centuries.
Image gallery
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
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