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'''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)''': Free urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt)<br>
'''Additions''':<br>
* 1972 [[Sankt Lorenz]]
* 1972 [[Sankt Mang]]


'''KEMPTEN'''
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State : [[Bayern]]<br/>
Urban district (Stadtkreis) : Kempten<br>
Additions : 1972 [[Sankt Lorenz]], [[Sankt Mang]]
 
[[File:kempten.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]


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| Gespalten; von Schwarz und Silber; vorne am Spalt ein halber goldener Adler, hinten auf grünem Dreiberg ein roter Zinnenturm mit offenem Tor.
Gespalten; von Schwarz und Silber; vorne am Spalt ein halber goldener Adler, hinten auf grünem Dreiberg ein roter Zinnenturm mit offenem Tor.
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on December 12, 1488 and confirmed on January 5, 1819.
The arms were officially granted on December 12, 1488 and confirmed on January 5, 1819.


Kempten was an Imperial city in medieval times and thus entitled to use the imperial eagle in its arms and seals. The oldest seals, however do not show the eagle. The oldest seal dates from the early 14th century and shows the patron saint of the city at the time, St. Gordianus. Later sources indicate that the shield was horizontally divided from silver and blue. The second seal dates from 1403 and shows St. Hildegard, who was combined with the arms in a later 15<sup>th</sup> century seal.
Kempten was an Imperial city in medieval times and thus entitled to use the imperial eagle in its arms and seals. The oldest seals, however do not show the eagle. The oldest seal dates from the early 14th century and shows the patron saint of the city at the time, St. Gordianus. Later sources indicate that the shield was horizontally divided from silver and blue. The second seal dates from 1403 and shows St. Hildegard, who was combined with the arms in a later 15<sup>th</sup> century seal.


{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:kemptenz2.jpg|center|350 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The seal from 1343 
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In 1488 Emperor Friedrich III granted the city new arms, a vertically divided shield gold and black, with the imperial eagle in the opposite colours.  
In 1488 Emperor Friedrich III granted the city new arms, a vertically divided shield gold and black, with the imperial eagle in the opposite colours.  
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1530.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}16.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}17.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a 17th century manuscript
|}


In the late 16<sup>th</sup> century the city started to use the symbols used on the local coins, an eagle with the letter K on its breast. These arms were used until 1819.
In the late 16<sup>th</sup> century the city started to use the symbols used on the local coins, an eagle with the letter K on its breast. These arms were used until 1819.
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In 1818 the city was combined with the Imperial Abbey Kempten and the new arms showed the imperial eagle from the city arms, and a tower taken from the arms of the Abbey.   
In 1818 the city was combined with the Imperial Abbey Kempten and the new arms showed the imperial eagle from the city arms, and a tower taken from the arms of the Abbey.   


{|align="center"
===Image gallery===
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}t.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by Tyroff (1835)
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1841.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in Kramer (1841)
File:kemptenz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The seal from 1343 
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File:Kemptencg116.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in a 15th century manuscript
|align="center"|[[File:kempten4.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms of Kempten as shown on a postcard from 1905
File:Kempten1475.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in the late 15th century
|align="center"|[[File:kemptenz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900
File:Kemptenjr.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
|-
File:Kempten1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms around 1500
|align="center"|[[File:3112.aba.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
File:Kempten1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
|align="center"|[[File:kempten.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925   
File:Kempten1576.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in a manuscript from 1576
|}
File:Kemptengb.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in a manuscript from 1584
File:Kempten16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
File:Kempten17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in a 17th century manuscript
File:Kemptent.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms by Tyroff (1835)
File:Kempten1841.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in Kramer (1841)
File:kempten4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms of Kempten as shown on a postcard from 1905
File:kemptenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|Seal from around 1900
File:Kempten.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von  / Arms of |The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910
File:3112.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
File:kempten.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925   
File:Kempten.pan.jpg|alt=Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.


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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.


[[Category:German Municipalities K]]
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Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten
KEMPTEN

Country: Germany
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State: Bayern
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District (Kreis): Free urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt)
Additions:

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Official blazon
German Gespalten; von Schwarz und Silber; vorne am Spalt ein halber goldener Adler, hinten auf grünem Dreiberg ein roter Zinnenturm mit offenem Tor.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 12, 1488 and confirmed on January 5, 1819.

Kempten was an Imperial city in medieval times and thus entitled to use the imperial eagle in its arms and seals. The oldest seals, however do not show the eagle. The oldest seal dates from the early 14th century and shows the patron saint of the city at the time, St. Gordianus. Later sources indicate that the shield was horizontally divided from silver and blue. The second seal dates from 1403 and shows St. Hildegard, who was combined with the arms in a later 15th century seal.

In 1488 Emperor Friedrich III granted the city new arms, a vertically divided shield gold and black, with the imperial eagle in the opposite colours.

In the late 16th century the city started to use the symbols used on the local coins, an eagle with the letter K on its breast. These arms were used until 1819.

In 1818 the city was combined with the Imperial Abbey Kempten and the new arms showed the imperial eagle from the city arms, and a tower taken from the arms of the Abbey.

Image gallery

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The seal from 1343

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in a 15th century manuscript

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in the late 15th century

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms around 1500

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in a manuscript from 1576

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in a manuscript from 1584

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in a 16th century manuscript

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in a 17th century manuscript

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms by Tyroff (1835)

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in Kramer (1841)

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms of Kempten as shown on a postcard from 1905

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    Seal from around 1900

  • Wappen von / Arms of

    The arms in an album from around 1910

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in the Abadie albums

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

  • Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten

    The arms in an album from 1968

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.



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