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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city | The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city around 1350, but there are no seals known older than the 16<sup>th</sup> century. These seals, as well as all later images, show already these arms. | ||
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File:Königsbergz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The seal | File:Königsbergz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The seal on a 17th century document | ||
File:Königsberg17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | File:Königsberg17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||