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<center>''' {{uc:Luxembourg}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Luxembourg [[File:Luxembourg.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions ''' : <br> | |||
* 1920 Eich | |||
* 1920 Hamm | |||
* 1920 [[Hollerich]] | |||
* 1920 Rollingergrund | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on November 10, 1818. | The arms were granted on November 10, 1818. | ||
The oldest seal of the city is known from the 15<sup>th</sup> century and shows a rather typical castle. When in the 15<sup>th</sup> century the Duchy of Luxembourg became a possession of the Dukes of Burgundy, the seal was replaced. The new seal shows a city gate with in the gate the arms of the Dukes of Burgundy. The counter seal showed a shield with the arms of the oldest Dukes of Luxembourg (see the National Arms for the explanation). Later seals both show the lion and the gate with the Burgundy arms. | The oldest seal of the city is known from the 15<sup>th</sup> century and shows a rather typical castle. When in the 15<sup>th</sup> century the Duchy of Luxembourg became a possession of the Dukes of Burgundy, the seal was replaced. The new seal shows a city gate with in the gate the arms of the Dukes of Burgundy. The counter seal showed a shield with the arms of the oldest Dukes of Luxembourg (see the National Arms for the explanation). Later seals both show the lion and the gate with the Burgundy arms. | ||
These arms were not changed until 1818. Luxembourg at the time was ruled by the Dutch King (as Grand Duke of Luxembourg) and the arms were registered in The Hague. To distinguish the arms of the city from the national arms the blazon was changed from 'barry of silver and blue of 10 pieces', to 'silver with five blue bars'. | |||
The city, however, continued to use the old arms. During most of the 19<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> century the city used both arms, but since the middle of the 20<sup>th</sup> century only the above arms are still used. | The city, however, continued to use the old arms. During most of the 19<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> century the city used both arms, but since the middle of the 20<sup>th</sup> century only the above arms are still used. | ||
In 1948 a proposal was made to change and augment the arms with two savages as supporters, a large mural crown with a mermaid as a crest, two banners behind the shield and the whole placed on a castle. This proposal has not been adopted by the city. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Luxembourgjr.jpg|alt=Wappen von Luxembourg/Arms (crest) of Luxembourg|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495) | |||
File:Luxembourg (city)16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Luxembourg/Arms (crest) of Luxembourg|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Luxembourg (city)1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Luxembourg/Arms (crest) of Luxembourg|The arms in Hozier (1696) | |||
File:luxembourg.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wappen von Luxembourg/Arms (crest) of Luxembourg|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |||
File:2059.wi2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Luxembourg/Arms (crest) of Luxembourg|The arms on a Dutch [[Willem II]] cigar band | |||
File:Luxembourg3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Luxembourg/Arms (crest) of Luxembourg|The arms on a monument in Luxembourg city (2010) | |||
File:luxembo2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Luxembourg/Arms (crest) of Luxembourg|The proposal of 1948 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]] : Loutsch, J-C. et al.; Armorial communal du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Fisch, Luxembourg, 1989, 331 p. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Luxembourg]] | [[Category:Luxembourg]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1818]] | [[Category:Granted 1818]] | ||