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[[File:greifswa.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von Greifswald]] | [[File:greifswa.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von Greifswald]] | ||
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| In Silber ein aufrechter roter Greif mit goldener Bewehrung, mit der linken Hinterpranke auf einem gespaltenen, zweiästigen und vierblättrigen Eichenbaumstumpf in natürlichen Farben stehend. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:greifswaldz2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:greifswaldz2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:205b.wsa.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (1900) | |align="center"|[[File:205b.wsa.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (1900) | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:greifswald.abd.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a 1930s [[Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen|album]] |- | |align="center"|[[File:greifswald.abd.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a 1930s [[Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen|album]] |- | ||
|align="center"|[[File:greifswald.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:greifswald.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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|align="center"|[[File:3056.aba.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |align="center"|[[File:3056.aba.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | ||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}3.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the town (image Ralf Fischer) | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}mh.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a manhole cover (image Ralf Fischer) | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Hupp, 1896 and 1989, reprint, 1993. Information provided by the <a href=http://www.greifswald.de >Greifswald]] Council. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Hupp, 1896 and 1989, reprint, 1993. Information provided by the <a href=http://www.greifswald.de >Greifswald]] Council. | ||
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[[Category:Vorpommern-Greifswald]] | [[Category:Vorpommern-Greifswald]] |
Latest revision as of 09:59, 27 December 2023
GREIFSWALD
State : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Disctrict (Kreis) : Vorpommern-Greifswald (until 2011 Hansestadt Greifswald)
German | In Silber ein aufrechter roter Greif mit goldener Bewehrung, mit der linken Hinterpranke auf einem gespaltenen, zweiästigen und vierblättrigen Eichenbaumstumpf in natürlichen Farben stehend. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms are canting, a griffin (Greif) and a tree (Wald=forest). These symbols already appear on the oldest known seal of Greifswald, dating from before 1255. The basic image never changed since.
The tree, or sometimes trees, changed regularly however, each seal and most older pictures showing different types and number of branches. Only some, small, seals only show the griffin. The griffin is also the arms of the province of Pommern, and probably derived therefrom.
Only in one reference from the 18th century, larger and different arms are mentioned. The arms showed only a griffin, no tree, on the shield itself. On top of the helmet a griffin. On both side of the main shield, and covered by the cloth, are two smaller shields, one a bend sinister, on the other a stretcher.
In a book from 1755 it is stated that the stretcher is the original arms of the city, which thus have evolved separately from the tree and griffin on the seals. As no old images of the arms are known, this is not a very likely explanation.
The municipal stamp shown in 1892 |
Seal from around 1900 |
Seal from around 1900 |
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900) |
The arms in a 1930s album |- |
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
The arms in the Abadie albums |
The arms in the town (image Ralf Fischer) |
The arms on a manhole cover (image Ralf Fischer) |
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Literature: Hupp, 1896 and 1989, reprint, 1993. Information provided by the <a href=http://www.greifswald.de >Greifswald]] Council.