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'''ERKELENZ''' | '''ERKELENZ''' | ||
State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State:[[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Heinsberg (kreis)|Heinsberg]] (until 1972 [[Erkelenz (kreis)|Erkelenz]])<br/> | District (Kreis):[[Heinsberg (kreis)|Heinsberg]] (until 1972 [[Erkelenz (kreis)|Erkelenz]])<br/> | ||
Additions : 1972 Borschemich, [[Gerderath]], Golkrath, Granterath, Holzweiler, Immerath, Keyenberg, [[Kückhoven]], [[Lövenich (Erkelenz)|Lövenich]], [[Schwanenberg]], Venrath | Additions:1972 Borschemich, [[Gerderath]], Golkrath, Granterath, Holzweiler, Immerath, Keyenberg, [[Kückhoven]], [[Lövenich (Erkelenz)|Lövenich]], [[Schwanenberg]], Venrath | ||
[[File:erkelenz.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:erkelenz.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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Unter einem silbernen Schildhaupt, darin ein roter Wechselzinnen balken, in Blau einen silbernen Schwan, der auf einem silbernen Dreiberg steht. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Erkelenz received city rights in 1326 from Count Reinald III of Geldern, to be a fortified town against Jülich. The oldest seal, known from 1331 already shows the symbols of [[Geldern]], lion and flower. All later seals and images show the same composition. | Erkelenz received city rights in 1326 from Count Reinald III of Geldern, to be a fortified town against Jülich. The oldest seal, known from 1331 already shows the symbols of [[Geldern]], lion and flower. All later seals and images show the same composition. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:erkelz1.jpg|center]] <br/>The seals of 1331 and 1398 | |align="center"|[[File:erkelz1.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seals of 1331 and 1398 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:erkelz2.jpg|center]] <br/>The seals of 551 and 1628 | |align="center"|[[File:erkelz2.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seals of 551 and 1628 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:erkelenzz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:erkelenzz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:erkelenz.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:erkelenz.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:{{PAGENAME}}p1.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a special cancellation 1987 | |||
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[[Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Frankewitz and Venner, no year. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Frankewitz and Venner, no year. | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities E]] | [[Category:German Municipalities E]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:43, 13 August 2024
ERKELENZ
State:Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis):Heinsberg (until 1972 Erkelenz)
Additions:1972 Borschemich, Gerderath, Golkrath, Granterath, Holzweiler, Immerath, Keyenberg, Kückhoven, Lövenich, Schwanenberg, Venrath
| German |
Unter einem silbernen Schildhaupt, darin ein roter Wechselzinnen balken, in Blau einen silbernen Schwan, der auf einem silbernen Dreiberg steht. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
Erkelenz received city rights in 1326 from Count Reinald III of Geldern, to be a fortified town against Jülich. The oldest seal, known from 1331 already shows the symbols of Geldern, lion and flower. All later seals and images show the same composition.
 The seals of 1331 and 1398 |
 The seals of 551 and 1628 |
The arms thus have never changed since. The arms were formally granted after the merger of 1971, on October 27, 1972.
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
 The arms on a special cancellation 1987 |
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Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Frankewitz and Venner, no year.