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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Rheinland-Pfalz]][[File:Rheinlan.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : Free urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt)<br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1926 Bubenhausen | |||
* 1926 Ernstweiler | |||
* 1938 [[Ixheim]] | |||
* 1938 [[Niederauerbach]] | |||
* 1972 [[Mittelbach-Hengstbach]] | |||
** 1969 [[Hengstbach]] | |||
** 1969 [[Mittelbach]] | |||
* 1972 Mörsbach | |||
* 1972 [[Oberauerbach]] | |||
* 1972 [[Rimschweiler]] | |||
* 1972 Wattweiler | |||
|} | |} | ||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Gold ein blaubewehrter und -bezungter roter Löwe, belegt mit einem dreilätzigen blauen Turnierkragen. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
|} | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The present arms were officially granted on May 6, 1846. | The present arms were officially granted on May 6, 1846. | ||
Zweibrücken was already an important town in the 13<sup>th</sup> century, but it did not receive city rights until 1352. The oldest seal dates from about the same time. The arms show the lion as in the present arms. It is the lion of the counts of Zweibrücken, a younger line of the counts of Saarbrücken. In 1385 they sold the city and surrounding area to the Wittelsbach family, but the arms did not change. | Zweibrücken was already an important town in the 13<sup>th</sup> century, but it did not receive city rights until 1352. The oldest seal dates from about the same time. The arms show the lion as in the present arms. It is the lion of the counts of Zweibrücken, a younger line of the counts of Saarbrücken. In 1385 they sold the city and surrounding area to the Wittelsbach family, but the arms did not change. | ||
The arms of the counts of Zweibrücken also forms part of the arms of the county [[Homburg]]. | The arms of the counts of Zweibrücken also forms part of the arms of the county [[Homburg (kreis)|Homburg]]. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
| | File:Zweibrücken16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | ||
File:Zweibrücken.hes.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | |||
File:zweibruckenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:zweibruckenz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:Zweibrucken.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910 | |||
File:3383.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:44-4.kur.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968 | |||
File:424b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms in an [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|album]] from around 1905 | |||
File:zweibrucken.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:Zweibrücken.pan.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968 | |||
File:Zweibrucken.him.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|The arms on a [[Himmelreich (matchbox labels)|matchbox label]] | |||
File:Zweibrückenp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zweibrücken/Arms (crest) of Zweibrücken|Postal cancellation | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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[[Category:German Municipalities Z]] | [[Category:German Municipalities Z]] | ||