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|align="center"|[[File:Hamburg-thissen.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Archbishop of Hamburg | |align="center"|[[File:Hamburg-thissen.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Archbishop of Hamburg | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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The arms show quartered the arms of the Archdiocese in I and IV and the arms of the Archbishop in II and III. | The arms show quartered the arms of the Archdiocese in I and IV and the arms of the Archbishop in II and III. | ||
In | In the personal arms the axe is the symbol of St. Matthew, from which the family name Thissen is derived. The swan is the symbol of the city of Kleve, where the Archbishop was born. The Tau-cross and black balls are taken from the logo of the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck school which he attended. | ||
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