Mayen

Country : Germany State : Rheinland-Pfalz District (Kreis) : Mayen-Koblenz (until 1970 Mayen) Additions: 1970 Alzheim 1969 Allenz 1969 Berresheim 1970 Hausen bei Mayen 1970 Kürrenberg 1970 Nitztal 1967 Kürrenberg 1967 Sankt Johann-Nitz 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":50.328000000000002955857780762016773223876953125,"lon":7.221199999999999619149093632586300373077392578125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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.
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.

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  The municipal stamp shown in 1892

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  Seal from around 1900 with the arms

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  Seal from around 1900 with the composition of the old seal

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  The arms in the Abadie albums

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

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  The arms in an album from around 1910

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  The arms in an album from around 1950

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  The arms in an album from 1968

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  The arms on a stamp and maxicard, 1990

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes