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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]][[File:nordrhei.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Viersen (kreis)|Viersen]][[File:kempenkr.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1974 [[Kempen-Krefeld]])<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1970 [[Anrath]] | |||
* 1970 [[Neersen]] | |||
* 1970 [[Schiefbahn]] | |||
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* (1950) ? | |||
* (1971) In Blau ein goldenes Quadrat, das an jeder Seite von dem Buchstaben W in Gold so umrankt wird, daß seine unteren Spitzen auf die Mitte des Quadrates gerichtet sind und hier ein gleicharmiges Kreuz bilden | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were granted on October 30, 1971. | The first arms were granted in 1950 and new arms were granted on October 30, 1971. | ||
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File:willich.jpg|alt=Wappen von /Arms (crest) of |The arms from 1950 | |||
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The | The old arms show three wheat ears, as a symbol for the importance of breweries in the local economical development. The wheel in the lower half is the symbol of the local patron saint, St. Catherine. | ||
[[ | The small cross in the middle of the new arms represents the [[Köln (State)|State of Köln]], to which the city belonged. The chain around the cross represents the four former municipalities that are now tightly bound together. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:Willichp1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Willich/Arms (crest) of Willich|Postal cancellation 1992 | |||
File:Willichp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Willich/Arms (crest) of Willich|Postal cancellation 2000 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Nagel, R. : Rheinisches Wappenbuch, Köln, 1986. | |||
{{de}} | {{de}} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities W]] | [[Category:German Municipalities W]] | ||