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'''LICH-STEINSTRASS''' | '''LICH-STEINSTRASS''' | ||
State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State: [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Düren (kreis)|Düren]] (until 1971 [[Jülich (kreis)|Jülich]]) <br/> | District (Kreis): [[Düren (kreis)|Düren]] (until 1971 [[Jülich (kreis)|Jülich]]) <br/> | ||
Incorporated into : 1972 [[Niederzier]] (destroyed and rebuilt in 1981 in [[Jülich]]) | Incorporated into: 1972 [[Niederzier]] (destroyed and rebuilt in 1981 in [[Jülich]]) | ||
[[File:lichs.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:lichs.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The arms show the cross of St. Andrew, the local patron saint, and a checquered field. The latter resembles the cobblestones on the old Roman road Jülich-Köln and symbolises the Steinstraß (stone-street) part of the name. | The arms show the cross of St. Andrew, the local patron saint, and a checquered field. The latter resembles the cobblestones on the old Roman road Jülich-Köln and symbolises the Steinstraß (stone-street) part of the name. | ||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : info from http://www.juelich.de | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: info from http://www.juelich.de | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities L]] | [[Category:German Municipalities L]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:40, 11 August 2024
LICH-STEINSTRASS
State: Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis): Düren (until 1971 Jülich)
Incorporated into: 1972 Niederzier (destroyed and rebuilt in 1981 in Jülich)
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on ??
The villages of Lich and Steinstraß formed the municipality of Steinstraß, which was incorporated into Niederzier. Due to mining the villages were destroyed and relocated/resettled as part of Jülich between 1981-1991.
The arms show the cross of St. Andrew, the local patron saint, and a checquered field. The latter resembles the cobblestones on the old Roman road Jülich-Köln and symbolises the Steinstraß (stone-street) part of the name.
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