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(de) In Silber ein durchgehendes, facettiertes, rotes Balkenkreuz, oben rechts und unten links begleitet mit einem linksgewendeten roten Schlüssel, oben links und unten rechts mit einem fünfblättrigen grünen Baum (Maibaum-Buche), jeweils den Querbalken teilweise belegend. | (de) In Silber ein durchgehendes, facettiertes, rotes Balkenkreuz, oben rechts und unten links begleitet mit einem linksgewendeten roten Schlüssel, oben links und unten rechts mit einem fünfblättrigen grünen Baum (Maibaum-Buche), jeweils den Querbalken teilweise belegend. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Mayen got city rights in 1291, and the oldest seal of the city dates from the same year. It shows a castle below two crossed keys. The keys symbolise the fact that the city belonged to the [[Trier (State)|State of Trier]]. The patron saint of [[Trier]] is St. Peter, whose symbol is a key or, as it is often displayed, two crossed keys. Later seals show the same composition. | Mayen got city rights in 1291, and the oldest seal of the city dates from the same year. It shows a castle below two crossed keys. The keys symbolise the fact that the city belonged to the [[Trier (State)|State of Trier]]. The patron saint of [[Trier]] is St. Peter, whose symbol is a key or, as it is often displayed, two crossed keys. Later seals show the same composition. | ||
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