Aachen

	AACHEN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Free urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt) Additions: 1897 Burtscheid 1907 Forst 1971 Brand 1971 Eilendorf 1971 Haaren (partly) 1971 Kornelimünster 1971 Laurensberg 1971 Richterich 1971 Walheim Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.7753000000000014324541552923619747161865234375,"lon":6.0846999999999997754684954998083412647247314453125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold ein rot bewehrter und rot bezungter schwarzer Adler.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The city used in the Middle Ages seals which showed Charlemagne on a throne. The oldest seals date from the 12^th century, and the same picture was used until the 16^th century. In the 16^th century the Imperial eagle appeared as the city's arms.

The arms have not changed through the years, except during the Napoleonic era. From 1811-1817 the arms showed a globe flanked by four eagles. In a chief there were the three bees of a (French) Imperial city.

Image gallery

The arms on a 1491 coin
The arms on a 1753 coin
The arms around 1500
The arms in a manuscript from 1514
The arms in a manuscript from 1565
The arms in a manuscript from 1576
The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
Aachen1811.jpg

The arms 1811-1817
Seal of Aachen from around 1900
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in an album +/- 1905
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the city (source)
The arms in an album from 1968

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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