Visby

VISBY (until 2011 Gotland Municipality)

Province (Landskap): Gotland
County (Län): Gotlands län
AIncorporated into : 1971 Region Gotland

Official blazon
Swedish	I rött fält en agnus dei av silver med blå beväring, därest dylik skall komma till användning, och gloria av guld, bärande på en korsstång av guld en fana av silver, vari ett rött kors, och åtföljd av en framför lammet stående kalk av guld, i vilken blod av guld sprutar.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 14, 1943.

Visby received city rights in the early 13^th century and was an important city in the Hanseatic League. The oldest seal of the city dates from 1340 and shows the Paschal Lamb, the symbol of St. John. The field of the shield was covered with lilies, the symbol of St. Mary. Later seals only show the lamb.

The arms in a manuscript from 1514	The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878
The arms in the Kaffe Hag album +/- 1935

Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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