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File:kemptenz2.jpg|center|350 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The seal from 1343   
File:kemptenz2.jpg|center|350 px|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The seal from 1343   
File:Kempten1530.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
File:Kempten1530.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
File:Kempten16.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
File:Kempten16.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
File:Kempten17.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a 17th century manuscript  
File:Kempten17.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a 17th century manuscript  
File:Kemptent.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by Tyroff (1835)
File:Kemptent.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by Tyroff (1835)
File:Kempten1841.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in Kramer (1841)
File:Kempten1841.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in Kramer (1841)
File:kempten4.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms of Kempten as shown on a postcard from 1905
File:kempten4.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms of Kempten as shown on a postcard from 1905
File:kemptenz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900
File:kemptenz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900
File:Kempten.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von  / Arms of |The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910
File:Kempten.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von  / Arms of |The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910
File:3112.aba.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
File:3112.aba.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
File:kempten.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925   
File:kempten.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925   
File:Kempten.pan.jpg|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968
File:Kempten.pan.jpg|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968
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Revision as of 11:03, 20 August 2023


KEMPTEN

State : Bayern
Urban district (Stadtkreis) : Kempten
Additions : 1972 Sankt Lorenz, Sankt Mang

Wappen von Kempten/Arms (crest) of Kempten
Official blazon
German Gespalten; von Schwarz und Silber; vorne am Spalt ein halber goldener Adler, hinten auf grünem Dreiberg ein roter Zinnenturm mit offenem Tor.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 12, 1488 and confirmed on January 5, 1819.

Kempten was an Imperial city in medieval times and thus entitled to use the imperial eagle in its arms and seals. The oldest seals, however do not show the eagle. The oldest seal dates from the early 14th century and shows the patron saint of the city at the time, St. Gordianus. Later sources indicate that the shield was horizontally divided from silver and blue. The second seal dates from 1403 and shows St. Hildegard, who was combined with the arms in a later 15th century seal.

In 1488 Emperor Friedrich III granted the city new arms, a vertically divided shield gold and black, with the imperial eagle in the opposite colours.

In the late 16th century the city started to use the symbols used on the local coins, an eagle with the letter K on its breast. These arms were used until 1819.

In 1818 the city was combined with the Imperial Abbey Kempten and the new arms showed the imperial eagle from the city arms, and a tower taken from the arms of the Abbey.

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.





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