Mayen

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MAYEN

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Mayen-Koblenz (until 1970 Mayen)
Additions : 1970 Alzheim (1969 Allenz, Berresheim), Hausen bei Mayen, Kürrenberg, Nitztal (1967 Kürrenberg, Sankt Johann-Nitz)

Wappen von Mayen/Arms (crest) of Mayen
Official blazon
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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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:

Siegel von Mayen

The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Seal of Mayen

Seal from around 1900 with the arms
Seal of Mayen

Seal from around 1900 with the composition of the old seal
Arms of Mayen

The arms in the Abadie albums
Wappen von Mayen

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


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Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes