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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Rheinland-Pfalz]][[File:Rheinlan.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Mainz-Bingen]][[File:mainzb.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1969 [[Bingen (kreis)|Bingen]])<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1929 [[Büdesheim (Bingen)|Büdesheim]] | |||
* 1939 [[Gaulsheim]] | |||
* 1939 [[Kempten (Bingen)|Kempten]] | |||
* 1969 [[Bingerbrück]] | |||
* 1972 [[Dietersheim (Bingen)|Dietersheim]] | |||
* 1972 [[Dromersheim]] | |||
* 1972 [[Sponsheim]] | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show St. Martin, the patron saint of the town and the arms of the [[Mainz (state)|State of Mainz]]. | The arms show St. Martin, the patron saint of the town and the arms of the [[Mainz (state)|State of Mainz]]. | ||
Bingen became a city in the early 13<sup>th</sup> century and the oldest seal of the city, shows St. Martin sitting on a throne like a bishop. This is an identical seal as several other cities in the State of Mainz (see [[Miltenberg]] and [[Aschaffenburg]]). | Bingen became a city in the early 13<sup>th</sup> century and the oldest seal of the city, shows St. Martin sitting on a throne like a bishop. This is an identical seal as several other cities in the State of Mainz (see [[Mainz]], [[Miltenberg]] and [[Aschaffenburg]]). | ||
Later seals show St. Martin in the more common way, as a knight cutting his coat for a beggar. Not always was St. Martin shown on the arms, sometimes only the wheel of Mainz was used. | Later seals show St. Martin in the more common way, as a knight cutting his coat for a beggar. Not always was St. Martin shown on the arms, sometimes only the wheel of Mainz was used. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:bingenrz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bingen am Rhein/Arms (crest) of Bingen am Rhein|The 14th century seal of Bingen | |||
File:bingenrz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bingen am Rhein/Arms (crest) of Bingen am Rhein|The early 19th century seal of Bingen | |||
File:bingenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bingen am Rhein/Arms (crest) of Bingen am Rhein|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:bingen.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bingen am Rhein/Arms (crest) of Bingen am Rhein|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
| | File:bingen.cva.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bingen am Rhein/Arms (crest) of Bingen am Rhein|The arms in the [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt]] album, +/- 1910 | ||
File:2936.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bingen am Rhein/Arms (crest) of Bingen am Rhein|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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[[Category:German Municipalities B]] | [[Category:German Municipalities B]] | ||