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'''CREUSSEN''' | '''CREUSSEN''' | ||
State : [[Bayern]]<br/> | State : [[Bayern]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Bayreuth (kreis)|Bayreuth]] (until 1973 [[Pegnitz (kreis)|Pegnitz]])<br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Bayreuth (kreis)|Bayreuth]] (until 1973 [[Pegnitz (kreis)|Pegnitz]])<br/> | ||
Additions : 1972 Bühl , [[Lindenhardt]] | Additions: 1972 Bühl , [[Lindenhardt]] | ||
[[File:creussen.jpg|center]] | [[File:creussen.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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Geviert von Silber und Schwarz, in der Mitte aufgelegt ein henkelloser roter Tonkrug. | Geviert von Silber und Schwarz, in der Mitte aufgelegt ein henkelloser roter Tonkrug. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms probably date from the middle of the 14<sup>th</sup> century. The oldest known image, however, dates from 1470 and the arms appeared on the seals of the city in 1511. Until 1581 the city only used the quartered shield of the (Hohen)Zollern family as the city was a possession of the family. To distinguish the arms the jug was added. The jug is a symbol of the pottery industry in the town, but has also been explained as a canting symbol (from Kreus, a type of beaker). | The arms probably date from the middle of the 14<sup>th</sup> century. The oldest known image, however, dates from 1470 and the arms appeared on the seals of the city in 1511. Until 1581 the city only used the quartered shield of the (Hohen)Zollern family as the city was a possession of the family. To distinguish the arms the jug was added. The jug is a symbol of the pottery industry in the town, but has also been explained as a canting symbol (from Kreus, a type of beaker). | ||
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The city historically, and still sometimes, uses also the crest of the Hohenzollern family, a dog, above the arms, see below. | The city historically, and still sometimes, uses also the crest of the Hohenzollern family, a dog, above the arms, see below. | ||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:creusse2.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1892.jpg|center|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:kreussen.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:creusse2.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the local brewer's guild, 1955 with the dog | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:kreussen.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}-mus.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [https://www.deutsches-wappen-museum.de/ Deutsches Wappenmuseum] | |||
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[[Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: [[Kaffee Hag albums]], 1920s | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: [[Kaffee Hag albums]], 1920s | |||
[[Category:German Municipalities C]] | [[Category:German Municipalities C]] | ||