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<center>''' {{uc:Landkreis Wittlich (WIL)}} '''<br>Wittlich District</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Rheinland-Pfalz]][[File:Rheinlan.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1969 [[Bernkastel-Wittlich]] | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on December 5, 1949. | The arms were granted on December 5, 1949. | ||
The arms are a combination of four territories to which parts of the district historically belonged. About half of the municipalities in the district belonged to the [[Trier (State)|State of Trier]], hence the cross of Trier in the first quarter. | The arms are a combination of four territories to which parts of the district historically belonged. About half of the municipalities in the district belonged to the [[Trier (State)|State of Trier]], hence the cross of Trier in the first quarter. A third of the municipalities belonged to Luxembourg, the arms of [[Luxembourg]] are thus shown in the third quarter. | ||
The second quarter shows the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, who held the area around the city of [[Kröv]]. | |||
The second quarter shows the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, who held the area around the city of [[Kröv]]. | |||
The fourth quarter shows the arms of the County Manderscheid in the Eiffel mountains, part of which is in the district. | The fourth quarter shows the arms of the County Manderscheid in the Eiffel mountains, part of which is in the district. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:wittlichkp.jpg|alt=Wappen von LandkreisWittlich/Arms (crest) of the Wittlich district|Postal cancellation | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, K., 1964-1971. | |||
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[[Category:Kreiswappen]] | [[Category:Kreiswappen]] | ||