Kiel

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KIEL

State : Schleswig-Holstein
Urban District (Stadtkreis) : Kiel
Additions: 1869 Brunswik; 1893 Wik; 1901 Gaarden-Ost; 1909 Projensdorf; 1910 Ellerbek, Gaarden-Süd, Hassee, Hasseldieksdamm, Wellingdorf; 1922 Friedrichsort, Holtenau, Pries; 1923 Kronsburg; 1924 Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf; 1939 Elmschenhagen/Kroog; 1958 Suchsdorf; 1959 Schilksee; 1963 Mettenhof; 1970 Meimersdorf, Moorsee, Rönne, Russee, Wellsee

Official blazon

In Rot das silberne holsteinische Nesselblatt, belegt mit einem gemauerten schwarzen Boot.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 14, 1901.

Kiel became a city in 1242. The arms show the arms of the counts of Schaumburg and a black ship. Kiel was the capital of the counts of Holstein, who descended of the counts of Schaumburg. The leaf (Nesselblatt, of nettle's leaf) already appeared on the first seals of the city. The oldest seals show a ship with the arms on the bow. Kiel has always been an important port and was also a member of the Hanseatic League. Later seals always showed either the arms alone or in combination with a ship. The ship inside the leaf appeared only later (15^th century). First the ship was shown in the leaf like in the present arms, but in the 18-19^th century the ship was often placed in an escutcheon.

Seal from around 1900	Seal from around 1900	The arms in the Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen album, +/- 1910
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925	The arms in the Abdulla album, 1928	The arms in the Abadie albums
	The arms on a 1960s matchox label