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'''Country''' : Liechtenstein [[File:Liechtenstein.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>


'''VADUZ'''
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[[File:vaduz2.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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Ein gevierter Schild, der im ersten und vierten Feld auf silbernem Grund einen roten Fürstenhut zeigt und im zweiten und dritten Feld auf rotem Grund eine silberne Kirchenfahne an drei silbernen Ringen.
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| Ein gevierter Schild, der im ersten und vierten Feld auf silbernem Grund einen roten Fürstenhut zeigt und im zweiten und dritten Feld auf rotem Grund eine silberne Kirchenfahne an drei silbernen Ringen.
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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The arms of Vaduz show a quartered shield with in the first and fourth quarter the Royal crown, indicating that Vaduz is the seat of the Royal family. The second and third quarter show the arms of the Counts Von Werdenberg, who founded the present Principality of Liechtenstein in 1342.
The arms of Vaduz show a quartered shield with in the first and fourth quarter the Royal crown, indicating that Vaduz is the seat of the Royal family. The second and third quarter show the arms of the Counts Von Werdenberg, who founded the present Principality of Liechtenstein in 1342.


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The previous arms were granted on the 31st of July 1932.<br>
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}3.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on the town hall ((c) Igor Sosman‎)
In these arms (see below), the tower represents Vaduz Castle (first mentioned in documents about 1322), the residence of the Lord of the country, while the bunches of grapes symbolise the viticulture practised in the Vaduz district since olden times.
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}4.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the town ((c) Igor Sosman‎)
 
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The previous arms were granted on the 31st of July 1932.
===Image Gallery===
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
File:vaduz.jpg|alt=Wappen von Vaduz/Arms (crest) of Vaduz|The arms from 1932
File:Vaduz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Vaduz/Arms (crest) of Vaduz|The arms on the town hall ((c) Igor Sosman‎)
File:Vaduz4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Vaduz/Arms (crest) of Vaduz|The arms in the town ((c) Igor Sosman‎)
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[[File:vaduz.jpg|center]]
[[Literature]] : Information from : Robert Young and Nahum Shereshevsky
The tower represents Vaduz Castle (first mentioned in documents about 1322), the residence of the Lord of the country, while the bunches of grapes symbolise the viticulture practised in the Vaduz district since olden times.


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[[Literature]] : Information from : Robert Young and Nahum Shereshevsky


[[Category:Liechtenstein]]
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