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The arms were officially | The arms were officially adopted on November 10, 1949, but are much older. | ||
The arms already appear on the oldest known seal of the city from 1367, which probably dates from 1343, the year Wemding received city rights. The chevron figure on the right half of the shield is derived from the arms of the Counts of Oettingen, who ruled the city at the time. The fleur-de-lis are derived from the Unterelsass territory, which the Counts of Oettlingen received in loan in 1340. The crescent probably was a separate older village sign. | The arms already appear on the oldest known seal of the city from 1367, which probably dates from 1343, the year Wemding received city rights. The chevron figure on the right half of the shield is derived from the arms of the Counts of Oettingen, who ruled the city at the time. The fleur-de-lis are derived from the Unterelsass territory, which the Counts of Oettlingen received in loan in 1340. The crescent probably was a separate older village sign. | ||
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The arms basically have not changed since, except that the colours in the 19<sup>th</sup> century were a blue chevron and golden fleur-de-lis. The original colours were restored at the end of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. | The arms basically have not changed since, except that the colours in the 19<sup>th</sup> century were a blue chevron and golden fleur-de-lis. The original colours were restored at the end of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Wemding1475.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding / Arms of Wemding|The arms in the late 15th century | |||
File:Wemding1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding / Arms of Wemding|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530 | |||
File:Wemding16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding / Arms of Wemding|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Wemding1841.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding / Arms of Wemding|The arms in Kramer (1841) | |||
File:Wemding1880.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding / Arms of Wemding|The arms in a book from 1880 | |||
File:wemding.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding / Arms of Wemding|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:wemding1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding / Arms of Wemding|The arms on the city hall ([https://www.hdbg.eu/gemeinden/index.php/detail/photos?rschl=9779228&id=2872 source]) | |||
File:wemding3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wemding / Arms of Wemding|The arms on the city hall ([https://www.hdbg.eu/gemeinden/index.php/detail/photos?rschl=9779228&id=2868 source]) | |||
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[[Category:Donau-Ries]] | [[Category:Donau-Ries]] | ||
[[Category:Donauwörth]] | [[Category:Donauwörth]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1949]] | |||