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'''Country''': Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''': [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]][[File:mecklenv1.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''': [[Vorpommern-Rügen]][[File:vorpommernr.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(1994-2011 [[Nordvorpommern]]<br>until 1994 Ribnitz-Damgarten)<br><br><br> | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| Geteilt; oben in Silber ein hersehender braun behaarter und bebarteter Mannskopf; unten in Blau drei schrägrechte silberne Fische, balkenweise gestellt. Auf dem Schild ein blau-silbern bewulsteter Bügelhelm mit goldenem Halskleinod und blau-silbernen Decken, geschmückt mit fünf silbernen Straußenfedern | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Barth | Barth developed around a castle of the Princes of Rügen, built around 1200. In 1225 a Earl of Barth was mentioned, in 1232 the town itself. In the late 13<sup>th</sup> century Barth received city rights. | ||
The arms show in the upper part a head, with a canting beard (Bart). The head already appears on a seal from 1404. The meaning or date of addition of the three fish is not known. The oldest seal of the city is known from around 1300 and only shows a ship with two bearded heads on each end. | The arms show in the upper part a head, with a canting beard (Bart). The head already appears on a seal from 1404. The meaning or date of addition of the three fish is not known. The oldest seal of the city is known from around 1300 and only shows a ship with two bearded heads on each end. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:barthz1.jpg|alt=Siegel von Barth|The seal of 1300 | |||
File:barthz2.jpg|alt=Siegel von Barth|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:barth.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Barth|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:barth.jpg|alt=Wappen von Barth|The arms used between 1950-1992 | |||
File:barth3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Barth|The arms on a manhole cover ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/happycat/234448553/in/set-72057594074292131|source]) | |||
| | File:barth4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Barth|The arms in the town (image Ralf Fischer) | ||
File:barth5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Barth|The arms in the town (image Klaas Padberg) | |||
File:barthm4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Barth|The arms on an old map (image Ralf Fischer) | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[ | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Bensing, et al 1985; Ewe, 1972 | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities B]] | |||
[[Category:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] | [[Category:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] | ||
[[Category:Nordvorpommern]] | [[Category:Nordvorpommern]] | ||
[[Category:Vorpommern-Rügen]] | [[Category:Vorpommern-Rügen]] |
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