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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city, known since 1254. | The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city, known since 1254. | ||
The original seal showed a city wall with towers, which gradually was transformed in the three towers. The present arms were officially granted in 1661 by King Frederik III, whose monogram is seen on the middle tower. In addition to the shield itself, the arms showed three helmets, two lions as supporters and many other symbols around the shield (see below). These are no longer used. | The original seal showed a city wall with towers, which gradually was transformed in the three towers. The present arms were officially granted in 1661 by King Frederik III, whose monogram is seen on the middle tower. In addition to the shield itself, the arms showed three helmets, two lions as supporters and many other symbols around the shield (see below). These are no longer used. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:copenhagenz1.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|Seal from 1275 | |||
| | File:copenhagenz2.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|Seal from 1394 | ||
| | File:copenhagenz3.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|Seal from 1465 | ||
File:copenhagenz4.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|Seal from 1539 | |||
File:copenhagenz5.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|Seal from 1571 | |||
| | File:kobenhavn1.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms in the city (image by Jan-Erik Løken) | ||
| | File:kobenhavn2.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms in the city (image by Jens Ettrup Svanborg Kirkbro) | ||
File:Københavng.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms in the city ([http://www.gevelstenen.net/kerninventarisatie/images/Kopenhagen/OvergadenNV017.jpg source]) | |||
File:Københavng1.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms in the city ([http://www.gevelstenen.net/kerninventarisatie/images/Kopenhagen/ChristanshavnsKanal.jpg source]) | |||
File:kobenhavn3.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|Old rendering of the arms (image from Facebook) | |||
File:kobenhavn.hagdk.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms as shown in the [[Kaffe Hag Denmark|Kaffe Hag album]] from the 1930s. | |||
File:kobenhavn.bv.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms as shown on a [[Danske Byvaabner (tobacco cards)|cigarette card]] from 1926 | |||
File:kopenhagen.cva.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms as shown in a [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|German album]] +/- 1910 | |||
File:Copenhagen.wfc.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms as shown on a [[Wills's Foreign Cities|UK cigarette card]] 1912 | |||
File:kopenhagen.wq.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms as shown in a [[Wappen Quartett|German quartett game]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:009.abd.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms as shown in a [[Abdulla - Wappen der Bekanntesten und Bedeutendsten Ausländischen Hauptstädte|German album]] +/- 1930 | |||
File:0665.aba.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms as shown in a [[Abadie : Flaggen und Wappen der Welt|Austrian album]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:545b.wsa.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms as shown in a [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|German album]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:Copenhagen.dkpc.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms on a postcard (1950s ?) | |||
File:2068.wi2.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms on a [[Willem II|Dutch cigar band]] | |||
File:copenhagen.man.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms on a [[Marie Antoinette|Dutch cigar band]] | |||
File:copenhagen.dan1.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms on a [[Dante|Belgian cigar band]] | |||
File:2068.wi2.jpg|alt=Københavns byvåben/Arms (crest) of Copenhagen|The arms on a Dutch [[Willem II]] cigar band | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]]: Achen, 1982 | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Danish municipalities]] | [[Category:Danish municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1661]] | [[Category:Granted 1661]] |
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