approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,842,551
edits
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "↵↵'''" to "'''") |
||
(18 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''WEMDING''' | '''WEMDING''' | ||
Line 7: | Line 5: | ||
Additions : 1972 [[Amerbach]] | Additions : 1972 [[Amerbach]] | ||
[[File:wemding.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:wemding.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
= | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+Official blazon | |||
|- | |||
|'''German''' | |||
| In Silber ein aus dem rechten Schildrand bis zur Schildmitte einspringender roter Sparren, links begleitet von fünf in Form eines Andreaskreuzes 2 : 1 : 2 angeordneten roten Lilien, unten rechts ein aufrecht stehender, abnehmender roter Halbmond. | |||
|- | |||
|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
|} | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially | The arms were officially adopted on November 10, 1949, but are much older. | ||
The arms already appear on the oldest known seal of the city from 1367, which probably dates from 1343, the year Wemding received city rights. The chevron figure on the right half of the shield is derived from the arms of the Counts of Oettingen, who ruled the city at the time. The fleur-de-lis are derived from the Unterelsass territory, which the Counts of Oettlingen received in loan in 1340. The crescent probably was a separate older village sign. | The arms already appear on the oldest known seal of the city from 1367, which probably dates from 1343, the year Wemding received city rights. The chevron figure on the right half of the shield is derived from the arms of the Counts of Oettingen, who ruled the city at the time. The fleur-de-lis are derived from the Unterelsass territory, which the Counts of Oettlingen received in loan in 1340. The crescent probably was a separate older village sign. | ||
Line 19: | Line 24: | ||
The arms basically have not changed since, except that the colours in the 19<sup>th</sup> century were a blue chevron and golden fleur-de-lis. The original colours were restored at the end of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. | The arms basically have not changed since, except that the colours in the 19<sup>th</sup> century were a blue chevron and golden fleur-de-lis. The original colours were restored at the end of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
| | File:Wemding1475.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms in the late 15th century | ||
| | File:Wemding1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms around 1500 | ||
File:Wemding1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530 | |||
File:Wemding1599.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms in a [https://dl.wdl.org/8930/service/8930.pdf manuscript from 1599] | |||
File:Wemding16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Wemding1841.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms in Kramer (1841) | |||
File:Wemding1880.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms by Apian (1559) | |||
| | File:wemding.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
File:wemding1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms on the city hall ([https://www.hdbg.eu/gemeinden/index.php/detail/photos?rschl=9779228&id=2872 source]) | |||
File:wemding3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding/Arms (crest) of Wemding|The arms on the city hall ([https://www.hdbg.eu/gemeinden/index.php/detail/photos?rschl=9779228&id=2868 source]) | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
{{de}} | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities W]] | [[Category:German Municipalities W]] | ||
Line 38: | Line 48: | ||
[[Category:Donau-Ries]] | [[Category:Donau-Ries]] | ||
[[Category:Donauwörth]] | [[Category:Donauwörth]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1949]] |
edits