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
German | In Rot das silberne holsteinische Nesselblatt, belegt mit einem gemauerten schwarzen Boot. |
English | Gules a Holstein nettle-leaf Argent charged with a boat Sable. |
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 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. The leaf (Nesselblatt, of nettle's leaf) already appeared on the later seals of the city. Later seals always showed either the arms alone or in combination with a ship. The ship inside the leaf appeared only later (15th century). First the ship was shown in the leaf like in the present arms, but in the 18-19th century the ship was often placed in an escutcheon.
The arms in an album from around 1900
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
The arms in an album +/- 1905
The arms in the Kosmos albums
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 Dutch cigar band by Murillo
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Reissmann, 1997