Wetter (Hessen)

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WETTER

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Marburg-Biedenkopf
Additions : 1970s Amönau, Mellnau, Niederwetter, Oberndorf, Oberrosphe, Todenhausen,Treisbach, Unterrosphe, Warzenbach

Origin/meaning

Wetter received city rights in 1223 and was ruled jointly by the Counts of Hessen and the archbishops of Mainz. The oldest seals date from the 13^th and 14^th century and show the count and a bishop in a large gothic building. The smaller seals, however showed only the arms of the two, the lion of Hessen and the wheel of Mainz. The lily was added in the 15^th century, its meaning is not known, it may be the symbol of St. Mary.