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'''DÜSSELDORF''' | '''DÜSSELDORF''' | ||
State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
Urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt) : Düsseldorf<br/> | Urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt) : Düsseldorf<br/> | ||
Additions : 1908 Himmelgeist (partly); 1909 Eller, [[Gerresheim]], Himmelgeist, Lohausen (partly), Rath; 1929 [[Benrath]] (with [[Holthausen (Düsseldorf)|Holthausen]]), [[Heerdt]], [[Kaiserswerth]], Lohausen; 1974 [[Angermund]], [[Wittlaer]] (1930 Bockum, Kalkum), [[Hubbelrath]], Hasselbeck-Schwarzbach (partly) | Additions: 1908 Himmelgeist (partly); 1909 Eller, [[Gerresheim]], Himmelgeist, Lohausen (partly), Rath; 1929 [[Benrath]] (with [[Holthausen (Düsseldorf)|Holthausen]]), [[Heerdt]], [[Kaiserswerth]], Lohausen; 1974 [[Angermund]], [[Wittlaer]] (1930 Bockum, Kalkum), [[Hubbelrath]], Hasselbeck-Schwarzbach (partly) | ||
[[File:dusseldo.jpg|center]] | [[File:dusseldo.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The town got city rights in 1288 by Count Adolf von Berg. The seal used from that day showed a church, the contraseal showed a double-tailed lion, derived from the arms of Von Berg. <br> | The town got city rights in 1288 by Count Adolf von Berg. The seal used from that day showed a church, the contraseal showed a double-tailed lion, derived from the arms of Von Berg. <br> | ||
In a 16<sup>th</sup> century seal the lion is shown for the first time with an anchor. Ever since the seals and arms of the town showed the lion and an anchor. The position of the anchor changed several times through the centuries, as did the colour. The anchor simply refers to the importance of shipping on the Rhine river. | In a 16<sup>th</sup> century seal the lion is shown for the first time with an anchor. Ever since the seals and arms of the town showed the lion and an anchor. The position of the anchor changed several times through the centuries, as did the colour. The anchor simply refers to the importance of shipping on the Rhine river. | ||
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The present arms date from 1868. The additions of 1974 did not change the arms. | The present arms date from 1868. The additions of 1974 did not change the arms. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
| | File:Düsseldorfjr.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495) | ||
File:dusseldorfz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:dusseldorfz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:dusseldorf1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms around 1900 | |||
File:dusseldorf2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms around 1900 | |||
File:dusseldorf.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:2990.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums +/- 1935 | |||
| | File:dusseldorf.wfc.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms on a British tobacco card, 1910s | ||
file:westropa.trade.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms on a label, 1955 | |||
File:dusseldorf.agros.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms on an Agros matchbox label | |||
File:dusseldorf.lowen.jpg|alt=Wappen von Düsseldorf/Arms (crest) of Düsseldorf|The arms on a Löwen matchbox label | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Nagel, R. : Rheinisches Wappenbuch, Köln, 1986. | |||
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[[Category:German Municipalities D]] | [[Category:German Municipalities D|Dusseldorf]] | ||
[[Category:Nordrhein-Westfalen]] | [[Category:Nordrhein-Westfalen|Dusseldorf]] | ||
[[Category:Düsseldorf]] | [[Category:Düsseldorf|Dusseldorf]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1868]] | [[Category:Granted 1868|Dusseldorf]] | ||