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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}''' <br>Formerly also '''Eger'''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Czechia [[File:czechnat.png|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : [[Karlovarský Kraj]][[File:Karlovarsky.png|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Okres)''' : <br>Cheb<br> | |||
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Cheb was first mentioned in 1061/1062 and as a town in 1203. It is not sure if the town had a seal at the time. The oldest known seal dates from a charter from August 21, 1242. The seal was used until at least the end of the 14th century, even though the city had become an German Imperial City in 1275 and, in 1322, became a possession of the Bohemian Kings. For the image see below, there is already a small part with a grid visible. A second seal from 1471 shows the Bohemian (?) King or German Emperor with a small shield with the Imperial Eagle. Behind the shield there is a grid visible. | |||
When the actual city arms were first used is not known. One of the oldest images is on an antipendium from around 1300, but not in colour. The arms also appear on coins of the city from 1349. The oldest coloured image dates from 1500 and only in 1664 the arms appear on the city seals. The arms appear afterwards on a number of seals of the city and did not change until 1961. Only in some images the eagle appeared crowned. | |||
The eagle obviously is the German Imperial Eagle, but the meaning of the grid is not known. It may indicate a wall or fortification, or it was initially just some decoration with evolved into a grid. | |||
The old arms of Cheb were changed in 1962. The historical eagle was changed to the Bohemian lion and a star (more in line with the Socialist Republic at the time and without the crown) and nine linden leaves were added to the base. One for each century of the existence of the city of Cheb. This prompted the famous Czech heraldist Jiří Louda to wonder if every century a new leaf had to be added to the arms... He also refused to show the new arms in his own publications from the 1970s. The meaning of the 9 leaves also seemed not to have been widely known, as in local newspapers arms with different number of leaves appeared. | |||
In the late 1980s the old arms were restored. | |||
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File:Chebz.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The oldest seal of Cheb | |||
File:Chebz2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The seal from 1471 | |||
File:Chebz3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|17th century seal with the arms | |||
File:Chebz43.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|19th century seal with the arms | |||
File:Cheb1500.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms around 1500 | File:Cheb1500.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms around 1500 | ||
File:Cheb1475.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the late 15th century | File:Cheb1475.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the late 15th century | ||
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File:1560.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | File:1560.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | ||
File:eger.ege.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in an [[Die_Wappen_der_Heimat|album]] from 1955 | File:eger.ege.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in an [[Die_Wappen_der_Heimat|album]] from 1955 | ||
File:cheb1962.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms from 1962 | |||
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'''[[Literature]]''': | '''[[Literature]]''': Zelenka & Javore, 1985; Liška, 2013 | ||
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