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The arms were officially granted on July 6, 2005. | The arms were officially granted on July 6, 2005. | ||
The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from around 1300. The arms show a city wall and 4 towers, with the small shield of the Lords of Plotho, to which the city belonged in the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The present arms show the small shield in historical colours (see also [[Wusterhausen]]). | The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from around 1300. The arms show a city wall and 4 towers, with the small shield of the Lords of Plotho, to which the city belonged in the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The present arms show the small shield in historical colours (see also [[Wusterhausen/Dosse|Wusterhausen]]). | ||
In the 17th-19<sup>th</sup> century the arms were also often shown as only a fleur-de-lis, without the castle. They were shown as such by Hupp in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century, in the colours gold and blue, see below. | In the 17th-19<sup>th</sup> century the arms were also often shown as only a fleur-de-lis, without the castle. They were shown as such by Hupp in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century, in the colours gold and blue, see below. |
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