Königsberg

	KÖNIGSBERG Country : Germany State : Hessen District (Kreis) : Giessen (until 1976 Wetzlar) Incorporated into: 1970 Biebertal 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":50.64189999999999969304553815163671970367431640625,"lon":8.535000000000000142108547152020037174224853515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Im blauen Schild eine goldene Krone auf goldenem Dreiberg.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city around 1350, but there are no seals known older than the 16^th century. These seals, as well as all later images, show already these arms.

Image gallery

The seal on a 17th century document
The arms in a manuscript from +/- 1730
The arms in 1867

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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