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'''WOLGAST''' | '''WOLGAST''' | ||
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Additions : 2012 Buddenhagen, Hohendorf | Additions : 2012 Buddenhagen, Hohendorf | ||
[[File:wolgast.jpg|center|350 px]] | [[File:wolgast.jpg|center|350 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on ??-??-18??. | The arms were officially granted on ??-??-18??. | ||
The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city (known since 1295), which | The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city (known since 1295), which showed a tower, two keys and two griffins, see below. The griffins are derived from the arms of the Dukes of Pommern, who founded the city. The city was also the capital of the Duchy of Pommern-Wolgast. The colours are also those of Pommern. The meaning of the tower is not known, it may simply refer to the (fortified) city itself.The two keys probably are the symbol of St. Peter, as the local church was devoted to St. Peter. | ||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:wolgastz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}16.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]<br>but more likely [[Rügen (kreis)|Rügen]] | ||
|align="center"|[[File:wolgast.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |- | ||
|align="center"|[[File:wolgastz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:wolgast.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 | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}c1.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a medal | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}p.jpg|center|350 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Postal cancellation 1982 | |||
|} | |} | ||
[[Literature]] : Bensing, et al 1985; Schütt, 2002 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Bensing, et al 1985; Schütt, 2002 | |||
[[Category:German Municipalities W]] | [[Category:German Municipalities W]] |
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