Appenzell

	APPENZELL Country : Switzerland Canton : Appenzell Innerrhoden Additions: 1872 Rinkenbach (partly) 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":47.3293000000000034788172342814505100250244140625,"lon":9.41029999999999944293449516408145427703857421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

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The historical seals of the city all used the bear of St. Gallus, as the town was founded and ruled by the Abbey of St. Gallen in medieval times.

Image gallery

The seal from 1401
The seal from 1405
The seal from 1452
The seal from 1489
The seal from the 16th century
The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
The arms in a manuscript from 1576
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960

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