County Moers

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COUNTY MOERS

Arms (crest) of County Moers
Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The County Moers was a small county located in the present-day German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It existed as an independent territory from 1160-1706 and from 1706-1796 as a principality, when it was incorporated in the French Empire. Capital was Moers.

The arms black bar in gold, the arms of the original House of Moers until 1578. Later rulers and users of the titles kept using these arms.


The arms of the Counts of Moers, 1475

The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

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