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State : [[Hessen]]<br | <center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]]<br | '''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | ||
'''State''' : [[Hessen]][[File:Hessen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]][[File:Giessen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1939 [[Kleinlinden]] | |||
* 1939 Wieseck | |||
* 1971 [[Allendorf/Lahn]] | |||
* 1971 Rödgen | |||
* 1979 Lützellinden | |||
'''Incorporated into''' : | |||
* 1977-1979 [[Lahn]] | |||
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| | | In Silber ein schwarz geflügelter, blaubewehrter und blaugezungter roter Löwe. | ||
In Silber ein schwarz geflügelter, blaubewehrter und blaugezungter roter Löwe. | |||
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|'''English''' | |'''English''' | ||
| | | blazon wanted | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The oldest seal of the city dates from 1248 and shows Count Wilhelm von Tübingen, Prince of the Palatine (Pfalz) as a knight on a horse. The city at the time belonged to the Pfalz. After the transfer to Hessen, the next seal (from 1264) shows the Count of Hessen as a mounted knight. In the 14<sup>th</sup> century the arms of Hessen appeared on the seal, supported by two dragons or two tree branches. | The oldest seal of the city dates from 1248 and shows Count Wilhelm von Tübingen, Prince of the Palatine (Pfalz) as a knight on a horse. The city at the time belonged to the Pfalz. After the transfer to Hessen, the next seal (from 1264) shows the Count of Hessen as a mounted knight. In the 14<sup>th</sup> century the arms of Hessen appeared on the seal, supported by two dragons or two tree branches. | ||
Other seals show a winged lion with a letter G. These seals were in use until the 19<sup>th</sup> century. | |||
At the same time the winged lion appeared as arms for the city. They were first registered in 1605 in the works of Siebmacher, and have not changed since. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:giessenz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The oldest seal of Giessen | ||
File:giessenz4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The second seal of Giessen | |||
File:giessenz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Seal used from around 1276-1662 | |||
File:Giessen (Hessen)17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | |||
File:Giessen1867.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in 1867 | |||
File:Giessen (Hessen)1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | |||
| | File:giessen1900.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms around 1900 | ||
File:giessenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:Giessen.cva.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|album]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:giessen.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910 | |||
File:103b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (1900) | |||
File:giessen3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Local emergency money with the arms from 1920 | |||
| | File:giessen.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
File:3042.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
| | File:giessen.abd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappent|album]], 1930s | ||
File:86.kos.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Kosmos Deutsche Stadtwappen aus West und Ost|album]], 1950s | |||
File:giessen.kos.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Kosmos Städte, Fahnen und Wappen|album]], 1950s | |||
File:Giessen (Hessen)60.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Municipal stationery, 1960s | |||
File:Giessen.pan.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | ||
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