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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}<br>Калининград}} '''</center><br>
'''Country''' : Russia [[File:Russia.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
'''Federal subject''' : [[Kaliningrad Oblast]][[File:Kaliningrad.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Additions''': (to see click on expand)<br>
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* 1724 [[Kneiphof]]
* 1724 [[Löbenicht]]
* 1905 Ponarth
* 1905 Tragheimsdorf
* 1927 Cummerau
* 1927 Devau
* 1927 Juditten
* 1927 Neuhufen
* 1939 Adlig Neuendorf
* 1939 Beydritten
* 1939 Charlottenburg
* 1939 Haffstrom
* 1939 Lauth
* 1939 Metgethen
* 1939 Moditten
* 1939 Prappeln
* 1939 Quednau
* 1939 Schönfließ
* 1939 Seligenfeld
* 1939 Stiegehnen
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'''KALININGRAD (Калининград)<br/>''' (until 1945 Königsberg)
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Federal subject: [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]
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|+Official blazon
[[File:kalining.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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|'''Russian'''
====Origin/meaning====
| В лазоревом поле серебряный корабль с одним парусом и с серебряным вымпелом о двух концах, обременённым лазоревым Андреевским крестом, на мачте, прорастающей внизу тремя зелёными листами; в оконечности — золотые безанты, уложенные в волнистый, о двух волнах, пояс и уменьшающиеся к краям. Сердцевой щиток пересечён серебром и червленью; вверху — корона, внизу — уширенный на концах (греческий) крест, обе фигуры переменных цветов. Щиток окружён лентой медали «За взятие Кенигсберга». Парусник на гербе Калининграда символизирует связь анклавной территории Калининграда с остальной территорией России.
The modern Kaliningrad adopted arms on July 17, 1996, show above. The arms show the old (small) arms surrounded by a ship, indicating the importance as a harbour town. The ship is shown as a Medieval ship, as shipping has been of importance for the town during its whole existence.
 
Kaliningrad was founded as Königsberg by the Teutonic Knights in 1255, advised by King Ottokar of Bohemia. 1255. They called it after him 'The Kings mount' or 'Königsberg' in German. Around it a city grew that acquired city rights in 1286.
 
The 'Altstadt' had in the fourteen<sup>th</sup> century a seal with a knight on horseback, which also appeared on the arms. The knight held a small shield with the arms of the Teutonic Knights. In 1450 a seal appears showing a shield parted horizontally silver and red. The silver upper half shows an open red crown. The lower red half shows a silver cross. The shield is covered with a helmet and two savages act as supporters. The small arms of the city, showing only the shield are shown above left. The crown and cross probably symbolise the King and the Order.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:konigsbergz5.jpg|center|Seal of Königsberg (Ostpreussen)]] <br/>Seal from the 14th century
|align="center"|[[File:konigsber.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms prior to 1450.
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|-
|align="center"|[[File:konigsbergz6.jpg|center|Seal of Königsberg (Ostpreussen)]] <br/>Seal from the 15th century
|'''English'''
|align="center"|[[File:konigsberg-altstadt.jpg|center|Arms of Königsberg (Ostpreussen)]] <br/>The arms of the 'Altstadt' after 1450
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In 1300 the nearby village of Löbenicht was raised to a city to and henceforth called 'Neustadt Königsberg' (Neustadt=new city), while the older city was called 'Altstadt'. Löbenicht used since the fourteen<sup>th</sup> century a blue (sometimes green) shield with a open golden crown, placed between two silver sixpointed stars. The shield is covered with a helmet and two angels act as supporters.  
===Origin/meaning===
The modern Kaliningrad adopted arms on July 17, 1996, shown above. The arms show the old (small) arms surrounded by a ship, indicating the importance as a harbour town. The ship is shown as a medieval ship, as shipping has been of importance for the town during its whole existence.


{|align="center"
Kaliningrad was founded as Königsberg by the Teutonic Knights in 1255, advised by King Ottokar of Bohemia. 1255. They called it after him 'The Kings mount' or 'Königsberg' in German. Around it a city grew that acquired city rights in 1286.
|align="center"|[[File:lobenichtz1.jpg|center|Seal of Löbenicht]] <br/>Seal from the 14th century
|align="center"|[[File:lobenicht.jpg|center|Arms of Löbenicht]] <br/>The arms of Löbenicht
|}


Then in 1327 a settlement on a isle in the Pregel, called 'Knipal', later 'Kneiphof', got the same rights as Altstadt Königsberg. An image from 1327 shows for Kneiphof a shield with an arm raising a crown above two waves with two hunting horns on either side, all on a green background.  
The city had in the fourteen<sup>th</sup> century a seal with a knight on horseback, which also appeared on the arms. The knight held a small shield with the arms of the Teutonic Knights. In 1450 a seal appears showing a shield parted horizontally silver and red. The silver upper half shows an open red crown. The lower red half shows a silver cross. The shield is covered with a helmet and two savages act as supporters. See images below. The crown and cross probably symbolise the King and the Order.


{|align="center"
In 1724 Königsberg incorporated the two neighbouring cities [[Kneiphof]] and [[Löbenicht]] and new arms were needed. In the new arms of the combined Königsberg the arms of the three cities were sometimes shown together in a single shield, but more often shown separately, with the Prussian eagle as a supporter, see images further below.
|align="center"|[[File:kneiphofz1.jpg|center|Seal of Kneiphof]] <br/>Seal from the 14th century
|align="center"|[[File:kneiphof.jpg|center|Arms of Kneiphof]] <br/>The arms of Kneiphof
|}


The three cities were united in 1724 as Königsberg. Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia until 1945, when it became part of Russia. Ever since the city is named Kaliningrad.  
In 1809 under Napoleonic rule, new arms were designed, combining the arms of the three cities with those of several settlements which were incorporated into the city. The arms show in the upper row the arms of the three cities 'Altstadt', Löbenicht and Kneiphof, in the middle row Tragheim, Königsberg (before 1450) and Sackheim, the lower row Vorderroßgarten, Hinterroßgarten and Neue Sorge. After the defeat of Napoleon the old arms were restored and used until 1945.


The arms of the three combined cities were sometimes shown together in a single shield, but more often shown separately, with the Prussian eagle as a supporter, see image below and images further below.
Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia until 1945, when it became part of Russia. Ever since the city is named Kaliningrad. The new city of Kaliningrad after 1945 did not have proper arms of symbols until 1996, but some 'arms;  were used on souvenir badges etc, see images below.  
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:konigsberg.jpg|center|450 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms prior to 1945.
|}


In 1809 under Napoleonic rule, new arms were designed, combining the arms of the three cities, with those of several settlements which were incorporated into the city:
===Image gallery===
{|align="center"
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
|align="center"|[[File:konigsberg1809.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms of 1809.
File:konigsbergz5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|Seal from the 14th century
|}
File:konigsber.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms prior to 1450.
 
File:konigsbergz6.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|Seal from the 15th century
The arms show in the upper row the arms of the three cities 'Altstadt', Löbenicht and Kneiphof, in the middle row Tragheim, Königsberg (before 1450) and Sackheim, the lower row Vorderroßgarten, Hinterroßgarten and Neue Sorge.
File:konigsberg-altstadt.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms of the 'Altstadt' after 1450
 
File:Kaliningrad1514.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms in a manuscript from 1514
After the defeat of Napoleon the old arms were restored and used until 1945.
File:konigsberg.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms from 1724 to 1945
 
File:konigsberg1809.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms of 1809 by Napoleon
The new city of Kaliningrad did not have proper arms of symbols until 1996, but some 'arms;  were used on souvenir badges etc. The firt design was from the early 1950s and not really used by the city, the other two are from the 1980s.
File:kaliningradz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|Seal from around 1900-1920
{|align="center"
File:konigsbergz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|Seal from around 1900-1920
|align="center"|[[File:kaliningradp1.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Proposal from the 1950s
File:konigsbergz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|Seal from around 1900-1920
|-
File:255b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms in an [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|album]] from around 1905
|align="center"|[[File:kaliningradp2.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Souvenir badge arms 1980s
File:Konigsberg.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910
|align="center"|[[File:kaliningradp3.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Souvenir badge arms 1980s
File:1-5.kur.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms in the [[Kurmark Wappenschau]] album from 1929
|}
File:0989.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
 
File:konigsberg.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925  
The use of the arms:<br>
File:konigsberg.abd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms as seen in the [[Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen]] album
{|align="center"
File:konigsberg.sieg.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The arms on a [[Siegerin Margarine]] trade stamp
|align="center"|[[File:kaliningradz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>
File:konigsbergm.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|The old arms on a modern manhole cover
|align="center"|[[File:konigsbergz2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seals from around 1900-1920
File:kaliningradp1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|Proposal from the 1950s
|align="center"|[[File:konigsbergz3.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>
File:kaliningradp2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|Souvenir badge 1980s
|-
File:kaliningradp3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad|Souvenir badge 1980s
|align="center"|[[File:0989.aba.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
</gallery>
|align="center"|[[File:konigsberg.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925  
|align="center"|[[File:konigsberg.abd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms as seen in the [[Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen]] album
|-
|align="center"|[[File:konigsberg.sieg.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>The arms on a [[Siegerin Margarine]] trade stamp
|}


[[Literature]] : Hupp, O; 1893; Soboleva, 1998; http://www.heraldicum.ru


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[[Literature]] : Hupp, O; 1893; Soboleva, 1998; http://www.heraldicum.ru


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Latest revision as of 05:55, 9 October 2024

Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad
KALININGRAD
КАЛИНИНГРАД

Country : Russia
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Federal subject : Kaliningrad Oblast
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Additions: (to see click on expand)

  • 1724 Kneiphof
  • 1724 Löbenicht
  • 1905 Ponarth
  • 1905 Tragheimsdorf
  • 1927 Cummerau
  • 1927 Devau
  • 1927 Juditten
  • 1927 Neuhufen
  • 1939 Adlig Neuendorf
  • 1939 Beydritten
  • 1939 Charlottenburg
  • 1939 Haffstrom
  • 1939 Lauth
  • 1939 Metgethen
  • 1939 Moditten
  • 1939 Prappeln
  • 1939 Quednau
  • 1939 Schönfließ
  • 1939 Seligenfeld
  • 1939 Stiegehnen


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Official blazon
Russian В лазоревом поле серебряный корабль с одним парусом и с серебряным вымпелом о двух концах, обременённым лазоревым Андреевским крестом, на мачте, прорастающей внизу тремя зелёными листами; в оконечности — золотые безанты, уложенные в волнистый, о двух волнах, пояс и уменьшающиеся к краям. Сердцевой щиток пересечён серебром и червленью; вверху — корона, внизу — уширенный на концах (греческий) крест, обе фигуры переменных цветов. Щиток окружён лентой медали «За взятие Кенигсберга». Парусник на гербе Калининграда символизирует связь анклавной территории Калининграда с остальной территорией России.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The modern Kaliningrad adopted arms on July 17, 1996, shown above. The arms show the old (small) arms surrounded by a ship, indicating the importance as a harbour town. The ship is shown as a medieval ship, as shipping has been of importance for the town during its whole existence.

Kaliningrad was founded as Königsberg by the Teutonic Knights in 1255, advised by King Ottokar of Bohemia. 1255. They called it after him 'The Kings mount' or 'Königsberg' in German. Around it a city grew that acquired city rights in 1286.

The city had in the fourteenth century a seal with a knight on horseback, which also appeared on the arms. The knight held a small shield with the arms of the Teutonic Knights. In 1450 a seal appears showing a shield parted horizontally silver and red. The silver upper half shows an open red crown. The lower red half shows a silver cross. The shield is covered with a helmet and two savages act as supporters. See images below. The crown and cross probably symbolise the King and the Order.

In 1724 Königsberg incorporated the two neighbouring cities Kneiphof and Löbenicht and new arms were needed. In the new arms of the combined Königsberg the arms of the three cities were sometimes shown together in a single shield, but more often shown separately, with the Prussian eagle as a supporter, see images further below.

In 1809 under Napoleonic rule, new arms were designed, combining the arms of the three cities with those of several settlements which were incorporated into the city. The arms show in the upper row the arms of the three cities 'Altstadt', Löbenicht and Kneiphof, in the middle row Tragheim, Königsberg (before 1450) and Sackheim, the lower row Vorderroßgarten, Hinterroßgarten and Neue Sorge. After the defeat of Napoleon the old arms were restored and used until 1945.

Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia until 1945, when it became part of Russia. Ever since the city is named Kaliningrad. The new city of Kaliningrad after 1945 did not have proper arms of symbols until 1996, but some 'arms; were used on souvenir badges etc, see images below.

Image gallery

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    Seal from the 14th century

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms prior to 1450.

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    Seal from the 15th century

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms of the 'Altstadt' after 1450

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms in a manuscript from 1514

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms from 1724 to 1945

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms of 1809 by Napoleon

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    Seal from around 1900-1920

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    Seal from around 1900-1920

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    Seal from around 1900-1920

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms in an album from around 1905

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms in an album from around 1910

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms in the Kurmark Wappenschau album from 1929

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms in the Abadie albums

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

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

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms as seen in the Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen album

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The arms on a Siegerin Margarine trade stamp

  • Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    The old arms on a modern manhole cover

  • Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    Proposal from the 1950s

  • Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    Souvenir badge 1980s

  • Arms (crest) of Kaliningrad

    Souvenir badge 1980s

Literature : Hupp, O; 1893; Soboleva, 1998; http://www.heraldicum.ru

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