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<seo title="Wappen von Wülfrath" titlemode="append"></seo>'''WÜLFRATH''' | |||
'''WÜLFRATH''' | |||
State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Mettmann (kreis)|Mettmann]] | District (Kreis) : [[Mettmann (kreis)|Mettmann]] | ||
[[File:wulfrath.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:wulfrath.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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|'''German''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on August 18, 1938. | |||
Wülfrath used in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, after the town received city rights in 1827 arms that showed a shepherd with a wolf, surrounded by a flock of sheep and lightened by a sun. These arms were based on a seal from 1620 from the local parish. It showed the local church and a shepherd fighting a wolf with a stick. It is probably symbolising the battle between good and evil. The wolf is chosen as a canting symbol. | |||
As the old arms were really non-heraldic, the present arms were devised, in which church and sheep were omitted. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:wulfrat2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:wulfrat2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:wulfrath.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:wulfrath.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}}p.jpg|center|400 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Postal cancellation 1980 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities W|Wulfrath]] | [[Category:German Municipalities W|Wulfrath]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:56, 29 January 2024
WÜLFRATH
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Mettmann
| German |
Origin/meaningThe arms were granted on August 18, 1938. Wülfrath used in the 19th century, after the town received city rights in 1827 arms that showed a shepherd with a wolf, surrounded by a flock of sheep and lightened by a sun. These arms were based on a seal from 1620 from the local parish. It showed the local church and a shepherd fighting a wolf with a stick. It is probably symbolising the battle between good and evil. The wolf is chosen as a canting symbol. As the old arms were really non-heraldic, the present arms were devised, in which church and sheep were omitted.
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