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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Bayern]][[File:Bayern.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : Free urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt)<br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1870 Nikola | |||
* 1909 Haidenhof | |||
* 1972 [[Grubweg]] | |||
* 1972 Hacklberg | |||
* 1972 [[Hals (Passau)|Hals]] | |||
** 1922 Ries | |||
* 1972 Heining | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Silber ein steigender roter Wolf. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| Silver, a wolf rampant Gules. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show the wolf, taken from the arms of the Bishops and the State of Passau. The oldest known seals of the city date from the 14<sup>th</sup> century and show St. Stephanus sitting on a throne. In front of him there is a small shield with the wolf. | |||
From 1460 onwards the wolf is used as a single symbol on seals and in the arms of the city. The first time the wolf is mentioned as the arms of the city is older, from 1402. In the Roll of Arms from Arlberg the arms are shown as they are today. | |||
In the 16<sup>th</sup> century a helmet and crest were added. The crest shows an arm holding a stone, the symbol of St. Stephanus. These are not very often used. | |||
Similarly, to distinguish the arms of city and diocese, in 1605 a blue bend was added to the city arms, but this addition was soon after removed again. Still, even in 1910 an image with the bend appeared. | |||
Although the arms thus basically never changed, the shape of the wolf has varied considerably, as can be seen from the images below. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:passauz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The oldest seal of the city | |||
File:passauz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The city seal in 1425 | |||
File:Passaujr.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495) | |||
File:Passau1475.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in the late 15th century | |||
File:Passau1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530 | |||
File:Passau16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in a manuscript 1550-1700 | |||
File:Passaugb.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in a manuscript from 1584 | |||
File:Passau1576.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in a manuscript from 1576 | |||
File:Passau16a.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Passaurp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in the Armorial Ribeaupierre (16th century) | |||
File:passau1605.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms with the bend by Siebmacher (1605) | |||
File:Passaut.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms by Tyroff (1835) | |||
File:passauz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:passau.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910 | |||
File:passau1922.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|City stamp as used in 1922 | |||
File:passau.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:19-19.kur.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in the [[Kurmark Wappenschau]] album from 1929 | |||
File:3235.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums, 1930s | |||
File:passau.kos.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in an [[Kosmos Deutsche Stadtwappen aus West und Ost|album]] from around 1950 | |||
File:passau.him.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms on a 1960s matchox label | |||
File:passau.pan.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968 | |||
File:passau5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|The arms on the city hall | |||
File:Passaup1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|Postal cancellation 1947 | |||
File:Passaup2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|Postal cancellation 1979 | |||
File:Passaup3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|Postal cancellation 1989 | |||
File:Passaup4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|Postal cancellation 1994 | |||
File:Passaup5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Passau/Arms (crest) of Passau|Postal cancellation 2016 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities P]] | [[Category:German Municipalities P]] | ||
[[Category:Bayern]] | [[Category:Bayern]] | ||
[[Category:Passau]] | [[Category:Passau]] |
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