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|[[File:konigsbh.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Hessen]][[File:Hessen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]][[File:Giessen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1976 [[Wetzlar (kreis)|Wetzlar]])<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1970 [[Biebertal]] | |||
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|'''German''' | |'''German''' | ||
| | | Im blauen Schild eine goldene Krone auf goldenem Dreiberg. | ||
Im blauen Schild eine goldene Krone auf goldenem Dreiberg. | |||
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|'''English''' | |'''English''' | ||
| | | blazon wanted | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city | The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city around 1350, but there are no seals known older than the 16<sup>th</sup> century. These seals, as well as all later images, show already these arms. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:Königsbergz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The seal on a 17th century document | ||
File:Königsberg17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | |||
File:Königsberg1867.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in 1867 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | ||
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