Uelzen

UELZEN

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Uelzen
Additions : 1972 Groß Liedern, Halligdorf, Hambrock, Hansen, Hanstedt II, Holdenstedt, Kirchweyhe, Klein Süstedt, Masendorf, Mehre, Molzen, Oldenstadt, Riestedt, Ripdorf, Tatern, Veerßen, Westerweyhe, Woltersburg

Official blazon

German	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1951 and combine elements of the older seals and arms of the city.

Uelzen became a city in the early 13^th century and the oldest seal dates from 1240. It shows a three-towered gate. In 1266 the city used a seal with a gate and the lion of the Welfen dynasty. The next seal showed a lion on each of the two towers of the gate. Around 1600 a lion between two trees appears in a shield on the secret seals. These were canting, as the name at the time was Löwenwalde (lion-wood).

The present arms thus combine the gate with the arms from 1600.

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  The arms in a manuscript from 1514

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  The arms as shown in 1891

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  Seal from around 1900

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  The arms in an album from around 1910

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  The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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  he arms as shown around 1940

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  The arms in an album from 1968

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Literature: Stadler,1964-1971, 8 volumes; Kaffee Hag picture albums, 1920s; Ahrens, 1891; Rühl, 1940