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The arms were granted on September 29, 1911 and are based on the seal used in the 19<sup>th</sup> century. Older seals and arms were not known. The arms show the lion of the Counts of Limburg, from which the name of the castle, and later the town, is derived. | The arms were granted on September 29, 1911 and are based on the seal used in the 19<sup>th</sup> century. Older seals and arms were not known. The arms show the lion of the Counts of Limburg, from which the name of the castle, and later the town, is derived. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Hohenlimburgz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:Hohenlimburg.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
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