Giessen (Hessen)

	GIESSEN (HESSEN) Country : Germany State : Hessen District (Kreis) : Giessen Additions: 1939 Kleinlinden 1939 Wieseck 1971 Allendorf/Lahn 1971 Rödgen 1979 Lützellinden Incorporated into : 1977-1979 Lahn 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":50.58330000000000126192389870993793010711669921875,"lon":8.6775999999999999801048033987171947956085205078125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Silber ein schwarz geflügelter, blaubewehrter und blaugezungter roter Löwe.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The oldest seal of the city dates from 1248 and shows Count Wilhelm von Tübingen, Prince of the Palatine (Pfalz) as a knight on a horse. The city at the time belonged to the Pfalz. After the transfer to Hessen, the next seal (from 1264) shows the Count of Hessen as a mounted knight. In the 14^th century the arms of Hessen appeared on the seal, supported by two dragons or two tree branches.

Other seals show a winged lion with a letter G. These seals were in use until the 19^th century.

At the same time the winged lion appeared as arms for the city. They were first registered in 1605 in the works of Siebmacher, and have not changed since.

Image gallery

The oldest seal of Giessen
The second seal of Giessen
Seal used from around 1276-1662
The arms in a manuscript from +/- 1730
The arms in 1867
The municipal stamp shown in 1892
The arms around 1900
Seal from around 1900
The arms in an album +/- 1905
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
Local emergency money with the arms from 1920
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in an album, 1930s
The arms in an album, 1950s
The arms in an album, 1950s
Municipal stationery, 1960s
The arms in an album from 1968

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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