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'''KERPEN''' | '''KERPEN''' | ||
State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Rhein-Erft Kreis]] (until 1975 [[Bergheim (kreis)|Bergheim]])<br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Rhein-Erft Kreis]] (until 1975 [[Bergheim (kreis)|Bergheim]])<br/> | ||
Additions : 1975 [[Amt Buir]], [[Amt Horrem]], Amt Kerpen, [[Blatzheim]], [[Buir]], [[Horrem]] (partly), [[Manheim]], Mödrath, [[Sindorf ]](partly), [[Türnich]] | Additions: 1975 [[Amt Buir]], [[Amt Horrem]], [[Amt Kerpen]], [[Blatzheim]], [[Buir]], [[Horrem]] (partly), [[Manheim]], Mödrath, [[Sindorf ]](partly), [[Türnich]] | ||
[[File:kerpen.jpg |center]] | [[File:kerpen.jpg |center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted in 1938. | The arms were officially granted in 1938. | ||
The two lions are the combined lions of [[Noord Brabant|Brabant]] and [[Limburg (provincie)|Limburg]], as the town was a possession of the Dukes of Brabant. | The two lions are the combined lions of [[Noord-Brabant|Brabant]] and [[Limburg (provincie)|Limburg]], as the town was a possession of the Dukes of Brabant. | ||
The oldest seal which is known since 1306, showed the two lions in a quartered shield above a city wall. Later seals show only the patron saint, St.Martin. The tower in the new arms symbolises the Imperial castle built in the 12<sup>th</sup> century in the town. | The oldest seal which is known since 1306, showed the two lions in a quartered shield above a city wall. Later seals show only the patron saint, St.Martin. The tower in the new arms symbolises the Imperial castle built in the 12<sup>th</sup> century in the town. | ||
In the 1920s the arms showed two canting carp, see image below. | In the 1920s the arms showed two canting carp, see image below. | ||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:kerpen.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:kerpen.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
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[[Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; [[Kaffee Hag albums]] 1920s. | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; [[Kaffee Hag albums]] 1920s. | |||
[[Category:German Municipalities K]] | [[Category:German Municipalities K]] |
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