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<center>''' {{uc:Heiningen}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Baden-Württemberg]][[File:badenwur.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Aurich (kreis)|Aurich]][[File:Aurich2.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1977 [[Norden (kreis)|Norden]])<br><br><br> | |||
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The arms were officially granted in 1959. | The arms were officially granted in 1959. | ||
Heiningen received city rights in 1284 from King Rudolf I and became part of Württemberg in 1321. The oldest known seal, however, dates from the late 15<sup>th</sup> century and is known from 1489. It already shows the present arms with the deer antler of | Heiningen received city rights in 1284 from King Rudolf I and became part of Württemberg in 1321. The oldest known seal, however, dates from the late 15<sup>th</sup> century and is known from 1489. It already shows the present arms with the deer antler of [[Württemberg]] above the cross. Already in 1525 it was also used as separate arms of the city. The oldest coloured images date from 1596 and show a black antler in a golden field, with a silver cross. | ||
In 1914 the city adopted new arms, with three rooster heads, which were derived from the arms of the local noble Von Heiningen family from the 13<sup>th</sup> century. In 1956 the old arms were restored in the present colours, as the old colours were not heraldically correct. | In 1914 the city adopted new arms, with three rooster heads, which were derived from the arms of the local noble Von Heiningen family from the 13<sup>th</sup> century. In 1956 the old arms were restored in the present colours, as the old colours were not heraldically correct. | ||
===Image Gallery=== | |||
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File:Heiningen1535.jpg|alt=Wappen von Heiningen/Arms (crest) of Heiningen|The arms in 1535 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | ||
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