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'''KAPELLEN'''
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<center>''' {{uc:Kapellen}}} '''</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)''' : [[Wesel (kreis)|Wesel]][[File:Wesel.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 19974 [[Moers (kreis)|Moers]])<br><br><br>
'''Additions''':<br>
* 1975 [[Moers]]
 
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| In blauem Schild eine silberne Kapelle mit Dachreiter und goldenem gotischen Tor und Rundfenster. Auf den Dachreiter ein goldenes Kreuz. Im rechten Obereck ein goldenes Schildchen mit schwarzem Balken.
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State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br>
District (Kreis) : [[Wesel (kreis)|Wesel]] (until 19974 [[Moers (kreis)|Moers]])<br/>
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Moers]]
 
[[File:kapellem.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
 
===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on February 28, 1959.
The arms were officially granted on February 28, 1959.
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The arms show a canting chapel (Kapelle), which refers to the historical chapel devoted to St. Ludgerus, which developed into the present village church. The silver and blue colours are those of the Friemersheim Estate, which became part of the County of Moers in the 14th century. The small shield shows the arms of the Counts of Moers.  
The arms show a canting chapel (Kapelle), which refers to the historical chapel devoted to St. Ludgerus, which developed into the present village church. The silver and blue colours are those of the Friemersheim Estate, which became part of the County of Moers in the 14th century. The small shield shows the arms of the Counts of Moers.  


===Image gallery===
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: http://www.moers.nrw.cc/infos/heraldik.htm


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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: http://www.moers.nrw.cc/infos/heraldik.htm


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