approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,884,179
edits
Mindelheim: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning==="
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] ====Official blazon==== " to "|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] ===Official blazon=== ") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning===") |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
In Silber über blauen Wellen schwebend eine schwarze Glocke mit goldenen Reifen und goldenem (auch schwarzen) Klöppel. | In Silber über blauen Wellen schwebend eine schwarze Glocke mit goldenen Reifen und goldenem (auch schwarzen) Klöppel. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Mindelheim received city rights around 1250. The oldest seal is known from 1337, but is probably slightly older. The seal already shows a bell and some waves. The waves symbolise the Mindel river. The origin of the bell is not clear. It may be a bell of justice, an thus a symbol of the free justice in the city. The oldest use of the composition as arms dates from 1430, and the arms thus have not really changed since. From 1705-1750, as capital of the Principality Mindelheim, the city used the old arms as a breastshield on the Imperial eagle. | Mindelheim received city rights around 1250. The oldest seal is known from 1337, but is probably slightly older. The seal already shows a bell and some waves. The waves symbolise the Mindel river. The origin of the bell is not clear. It may be a bell of justice, an thus a symbol of the free justice in the city. The oldest use of the composition as arms dates from 1430, and the arms thus have not really changed since. From 1705-1750, as capital of the Principality Mindelheim, the city used the old arms as a breastshield on the Imperial eagle. | ||