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'''ERKELENZ''' | '''ERKELENZ''' | ||
State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Heinsberg (kreis)|Heinsberg]] (until 1972 [[Erkelenz (kreis)|Erkelenz]])<br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Heinsberg (kreis)|Heinsberg]] (until 1972 [[Erkelenz (kreis)|Erkelenz]])<br/> | ||
Additions : 1972 Borschemich, [[Gerderath]], Golkrath, Granterath, Holzweiler, Immerath, Keyenberg, [[Kückhoven]], [[Lövenich (Erkelenz)|Lövenich]], [[Schwanenberg]], Venrath | Additions: 1972 Borschemich, [[Gerderath]], Golkrath, Granterath, Holzweiler, Immerath, Keyenberg, [[Kückhoven]], [[Lövenich (Erkelenz)|Lövenich]], [[Schwanenberg]], Venrath | ||
[[File:erkelenz.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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Unter einem silbernen Schildhaupt, darin ein roter Wechselzinnen balken, in Blau einen silbernen Schwan, der auf einem silbernen Dreiberg steht. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Erkelenz received city rights in 1326 from Count Reinald III of Geldern, to be a fortified town against Jülich. The oldest seal, known from 1331 already shows the symbols of [[Geldern]], lion and flower. All later seals and images show the same composition. | Erkelenz received city rights in 1326 from Count Reinald III of Geldern, to be a fortified town against Jülich. The oldest seal, known from 1331 already shows the symbols of [[Geldern]], lion and flower. All later seals and images show the same composition. | ||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:erkelz1.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seals of 1331 and 1398 | |align="center"|[[File:erkelz1.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seals of 1331 and 1398 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:erkelz2.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seals of 551 and 1628 | |align="center"|[[File:erkelz2.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seals of 551 and 1628 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:erkelenzz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:erkelenzz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:erkelenz.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:erkelenz.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 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}p1.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a special cancellation 1987 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Frankewitz and Venner, no year. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Frankewitz and Venner, no year. | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities E]] | [[Category:German Municipalities E]] | ||