Kerpen

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KERPEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Rhein-Erft Kreis (until 1975 Bergheim)
Additions : 1975 Amt Buir, Amt Horrem, Amt Kerpen, Blatzheim, Buir, Horrem (partly), Manheim, Mödrath, Sindorf (partly), Türnich

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1938.

The two lions are the combined lions of Brabant and Limburg, as the town was a possession of the Dukes of Brabant.

The oldest seal which is known since 1306, showed the two lions in a quartered shield above a city wall. Later seals show only the patron saint, St.Martin. The tower in the new arms symbolises the Imperial castle built in the 12^th century in the town.

In the 1920s the arms showed two canting carp, see image below.