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The arms were officially granted on January 12, 1939. | The arms were officially granted on January 12, 1939. | ||
The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1329. The arms show two towers or a gate, with between the towers the arms of the medieval Lords of Plauen. The oldest use of the lion by the Lords of Plauen is known from a seal of Heinrich I von Plauen from 1288. The family was a branch of the Lords of Weida, who used the same arms (see [[ | The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1329. The arms show two towers or a gate, with between the towers the arms of the medieval Lords of Plauen. The oldest use of the lion by the Lords of Plauen is known from a seal of Heinrich I von Plauen from 1288. The family was a branch of the Lords of Weida, who used the same arms (see [[Gera]]). The actual shape of the different elements as well as the colours differed widely until 1939 when the above design was granted. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:plauenz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seals from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:plauenz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seals from around 1900 | ||
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