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'''Country''': Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''': [[Rheinland-Pfalz]][[File:Rheinlan.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''': [[Mayen-Koblenz]] (until 1970 Mayen)[[File:mayenk.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1970 Alzheim | |||
** 1969 Allenz | |||
** 1969 Berresheim | |||
* 1970 Hausen bei Mayen | |||
* 1970 Kürrenberg | |||
* 1970 Nitztal | |||
** 1967 Kürrenberg | |||
** 1967 Sankt Johann-Nitz | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Silber ein durchgehendes, facettiertes, rotes Balkenkreuz, oben rechts und unten links begleitet mit einem linksgewendeten roten Schlüssel, oben links und unten rechts mit einem fünfblättrigen grünen Baum (Maibaum-Buche), jeweils den Querbalken teilweise belegend. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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[[ | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Mayen got city rights in 1291, and the oldest seal of the city dates from the same year. It shows a castle below two crossed keys. The keys symbolise the fact that the city belonged to the [[Trier (State)|State of Trier]]. The patron saint of [[Trier]] is St. Peter, whose symbol is a key or, as it is often displayed, two crossed keys. Later seals show the same composition. | |||
The first seal showing a different composition dates from 1429, and shows a cross, with in each corner a key. The present arms are based on this seal. The trees are so-called May-trees (or freedom-trees), which are a canting symbol (Mai-baum, or Maie). | |||
Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s in a different composition, see below. | |||
The | ===Image gallery=== | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Mayen1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | |||
File:mayenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|Seal from around 1900 with the arms | |||
File:mayenz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|Seal from around 1900 with the composition of the old seal | |||
File:3166.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:mayen.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:Mayen.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910 | |||
File:173.kos.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|The arms in an [[Kosmos Deutsche Stadtwappen aus West und Ost|album]] from around 1950 | |||
File:Mayen.pan.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968 | |||
File:de-1528mayen.jpg|alt=Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen|The arms on a stamp and maxicard, 1990 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes | |||
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[[Category:German Municipalities M]] | [[Category:German Municipalities M]] |
Latest revision as of 09:11, 16 June 2024
Country: Germany State: Rheinland-Pfalz District (Kreis): Mayen-Koblenz (until 1970 Mayen) Additions:
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German | In Silber ein durchgehendes, facettiertes, rotes Balkenkreuz, oben rechts und unten links begleitet mit einem linksgewendeten roten Schlüssel, oben links und unten rechts mit einem fünfblättrigen grünen Baum (Maibaum-Buche), jeweils den Querbalken teilweise belegend. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
Mayen got city rights in 1291, and the oldest seal of the city dates from the same year. It shows a castle below two crossed keys. The keys symbolise the fact that the city belonged to the State of Trier. The patron saint of Trier is St. Peter, whose symbol is a key or, as it is often displayed, two crossed keys. Later seals show the same composition.
The first seal showing a different composition dates from 1429, and shows a cross, with in each corner a key. The present arms are based on this seal. The trees are so-called May-trees (or freedom-trees), which are a canting symbol (Mai-baum, or Maie).
Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s in a different composition, see below.
Image gallery
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in an album from around 1950
The arms in an album from 1968
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes
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