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File:Wetzlar1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wetzlar/Arms (crest) of Wetzlar|The arms around 1500 | File:Wetzlar1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wetzlar/Arms (crest) of Wetzlar|The arms around 1500 | ||
File:Wetzlar1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wetzlar/Arms (crest) of Wetzlar|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530 | File:Wetzlar1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wetzlar/Arms (crest) of Wetzlar|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530 | ||
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File:Wetzlar16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wetzlar/Arms (crest) of Wetzlar|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | File:Wetzlar16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wetzlar/Arms (crest) of Wetzlar|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | ||
File:Wetzlar17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wetzlar/Arms (crest) of Wetzlar|The arms in a 17th century manuscript | File:Wetzlar17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wetzlar/Arms (crest) of Wetzlar|The arms in a 17th century manuscript | ||
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Country : Germany  State : Hessen  District (Kreis) : Lahn-Dill Kreis  (until 1976 Wetzlar) Incorporated into :
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted in 1965.
Wetzlar was a free imperial city (Reichsstadt) from 1180-1803. Hence the use of the emperor on a throne on the oldest seal, known since 1226. In 1374 a small shield was placed beside the throne, which shoed the imperial eagle and the small cross. The arms were used already on smaller seals since the mid 14th century.
The small cross is the symbol of the Kings of the Holy Roman Empire. Since the 17th century only the arms appear on the local seals. The colours are known since the 18th century. The composition of the arms thus has not changed since, although in the early 19th century a golden W was placed on the eagle.
Hupp showed the same composition as the present arms, but in the Imperial colours.
Image gallery
The arms around 1500
The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
The arms in a manuscript from 1584
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 17th century manuscript
Seal from around 1900
Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms on a stamp
The arms on a matchbox label
The arms in an album from 1968
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s
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