Regensburg

	REGENSBURG Country : Germany State : Bayern District (Kreis) : Free Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1904 Karthaus-Prüll 1924 Reinhausen 1924 Sallern 1924 Schwabelweis 1924 Stadtamhof 1924 Steinweg 1924 Weichs 1924 Winzer 1938 Dechbetten 1938 Großprüfening 1938 Ziegetsdorf 1977 Burgweinting 1977 Harting 1977 Oberisling Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.01859999999999928377292235381901264190673828125,"lon":12.09479999999999932924765744246542453765869140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Rot zwei schräg gekreuzte silberne Schlüssel.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms show the crossed keys of St.Peter, the patron saint of the city.

When the keys were first used on the arms of the city is not clear; they are known since around 1300 as arms of the Counts of Regensburg and since 1320 as a symbol of the city. On seals they first appear in a small shield on a seal dating from the end of the 14^th century. The main seal of the city, which dates from the end of the 12^th century, shows St. Peter sitting on a throne, holding a key. Smaller seals from the 13th and 14^th century show only the bust of St. Peter, wearing a tiara, or papal crown. All small seals since 1519 show only the arms with the crossed keys.

Similarly, the city uses since the middle of the 14^th century only the keys as its symbol, either in or without a shield.

Image gallery

The arms in the late 15th century
The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
The arms in a manuscript from 1514
The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
The arms in a manuscript 1550-1700
The arms in a manuscript from 1565
The arms in a manuscript from 1576
The arms in the Armorial Ribeaupierre (16th century)
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in 1650
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
The arms on a 1538 coin
The arms on a 1598 coin
The arms on a 1645 coin
The arms on a coin from +/- 1710
The arms on a 1791 coin
The arms by Tyroff (1835)
Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Abdulla album, 1928
The arms on a 1960s matchox label
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a stamp
The arms in the city (source)
Postal cancellation

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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