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''' | |[[File:giessen.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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State : [[Hessen]]<br | <center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]] | '''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | ||
'''State''' : [[Hessen]][[File:Hessen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
Additions : 1939 [[Kleinlinden]] | '''District (Kreis)''' : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]][[File:Giessen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | ||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
[[ | * 1939 [[Kleinlinden]] | ||
* 1939 Wieseck | |||
* 1971 [[Allendorf/Lahn]] | |||
* 1971 Rödgen | |||
* 1979 Lützellinden | |||
'''Incorporated into''' : | |||
* 1977-1979 [[Lahn]] | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The oldest seal of the city dates from 1248 and shows Count Wilhelm von Tübingen, Prince of the Palatine (Pfalz) as a knight on a horse. The city at the time belonged to the Pfalz. After the transfer to Hessen, the next seal (from 1264) shows the Count of Hessen as a mounted knight. In the 14<sup>th</sup> century the arms of Hessen appeared on the seal, supported by two dragons or two tree branches. | The oldest seal of the city dates from 1248 and shows Count Wilhelm von Tübingen, Prince of the Palatine (Pfalz) as a knight on a horse. The city at the time belonged to the Pfalz. After the transfer to Hessen, the next seal (from 1264) shows the Count of Hessen as a mounted knight. In the 14<sup>th</sup> century the arms of Hessen appeared on the seal, supported by two dragons or two tree branches. | ||
Other seals show a winged lion with a letter G. These seals were in use until the 19<sup>th</sup> century. | |||
At the same time the winged lion appeared as arms for the city. They were first registered in 1605 in the works of Siebmacher, and have not changed since. | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:giessenz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The oldest seal of Giessen | |||
File:giessenz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|Seal used from around 1276-1662 | |||
File:Giessen (Hessen)17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | File:Giessen (Hessen)17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | ||
File:Giessen (Hessen)1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | File:Giessen (Hessen)1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giessen/Arms (crest) of Giessen|The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | ||