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The arms are slightly different from the previous arms, granted in 1932:<br/> | The arms are slightly different from the previous arms, granted in 1932:<br/> | ||
[[File:gelsenk2.jpg|center]] | [[File:gelsenk2.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The oldest arms of Gelsenkirchen date from 1877, after the town had become a city in 1875. | The oldest arms of Gelsenkirchen date from 1877, after the town had become a city in 1875. | ||
[[File:gelsenkir.jpg|center]] | [[File:gelsenkir.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The arms were rather complicated; the arms showed a church, with in the gate the miner's tools, and on each side of the tower a small shield, one with the Prussian eagle, and one with the arms of the Counts of the Mark (in gold a bar, chequered of red and silver). The town grew rapidly the last century due to the mining. The church is canting (Kirche=church), the two shields represent the oldest rulers (Mark) and the rulers in 1875 (Prussia). | The arms were rather complicated; the arms showed a church, with in the gate the miner's tools, and on each side of the tower a small shield, one with the Prussian eagle, and one with the arms of the Counts of the Mark (in gold a bar, chequered of red and silver). The town grew rapidly the last century due to the mining. The church is canting (Kirche=church), the two shields represent the oldest rulers (Mark) and the rulers in 1875 (Prussia). | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Gelsenkirchen.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:Gelsenkirchen.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Gelsenkirchen.cva.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt]] album, +/- 1910 | |align="center"|[[File:Gelsenkirchen.cva.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt]] album, +/- 1910 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:3038.aba.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |align="center"|[[File:3038.aba.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | ||
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