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The arms were officially granted on December 6, 1993, but probably were designed around 1687. | The arms were officially granted on December 6, 1993, but probably were designed around 1687. | ||
The arms show a typical baroque city wall, with a lion and a deer. The lion is derived from the arms of the Counts of [[Hessen]]-Homburg, as the counts had acquired the city in 1662. The deer | The arms show a typical baroque city wall, with a lion and a deer. The lion is derived from the arms of the Counts of [[Hessen]]-Homburg, as the counts had acquired the city in 1662. The deer refers to the Swedish wife of count Friedrich II of Hessen-Homburg. | ||
Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s with the lion in gold, see below. | Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s with the lion in gold, see below. |
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