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'''Country''': Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''': [[Hessen]][[File:Hessen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''': [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]][[File:Giessen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1939 [[Kleinlinden]] | |||
* 1939 Wieseck | |||
* 1971 [[Allendorf/Lahn]] | |||
* 1971 Rödgen | |||
* 1979 Lützellinden | |||
'''Incorporated into''': | |||
* 1977-1979 [[Lahn]] | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Silber ein schwarz geflügelter, blaubewehrter und blaugezungter roter Löwe. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The oldest seal of the city dates from 1248 and shows Count Wilhelm von Tübingen, Prince of the Palatine (Pfalz) as a knight on a horse. The city at the time belonged to the Pfalz. After the transfer to Hessen, the next seal (from 1264) shows the Count of Hessen as a mounted knight. In the 14<sup>th</sup> century the arms of Hessen appeared on the seal, supported by two dragons or two tree branches. | |||
Other seals show a winged lion with a letter G. These seals were in use until the 19<sup>th</sup> century. | |||
At the same time the winged lion appeared as arms for the city. They were first registered in 1605 in the works of Siebmacher, and have not changed since. | |||
=== | ===Image gallery=== | ||
(de) | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:giessenz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The oldest seal of Giessen | |||
File:giessenz4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The second seal of Giessen | |||
File:giessenz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Seal used from around 1276-1662 | |||
File:Giessen (Hessen)17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | |||
File:Giessen1867.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in 1867 | |||
File:Giessen (Hessen)1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | |||
File:giessen1900.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms around 1900 | |||
File:giessenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:Giessen.cva.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|album]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:giessen.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910 | |||
File:103b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (1900) | |||
File:giessen3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Local emergency money with the arms from 1920 | |||
File:giessen.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:3042.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:giessen.abd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappent|album]], 1930s | |||
File:86.kos.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Kosmos Deutsche Stadtwappen aus West und Ost|album]], 1950s | |||
File:giessen.kos.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Kosmos Städte, Fahnen und Wappen|album]], 1950s | |||
File:Giessen (Hessen)60.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Municipal stationery, 1960s | |||
File:Giessen.pan.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities G]] | |||
[[Category:Hessen]] | [[Category:Hessen]] | ||
[[Category:Giessen]] | [[Category:Giessen]] |
Latest revision as of 08:38, 16 June 2024
Country: Germany State: Hessen District (Kreis): Giessen Additions:
Incorporated into:
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German | In Silber ein schwarz geflügelter, blaubewehrter und blaugezungter roter Löwe. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The oldest seal of the city dates from 1248 and shows Count Wilhelm von Tübingen, Prince of the Palatine (Pfalz) as a knight on a horse. The city at the time belonged to the Pfalz. After the transfer to Hessen, the next seal (from 1264) shows the Count of Hessen as a mounted knight. In the 14th century the arms of Hessen appeared on the seal, supported by two dragons or two tree branches.
Other seals show a winged lion with a letter G. These seals were in use until the 19th century.
At the same time the winged lion appeared as arms for the city. They were first registered in 1605 in the works of Siebmacher, and have not changed since.
Image gallery
The arms in a manuscript from +/- 1730
The arms in an album +/- 1905
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in an album, 1930s
The arms in an album, 1950s
The arms in an album, 1950s
The arms in an album from 1968
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
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