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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
'''State''' : [[Bayern]][[File:Bayern.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
'''District (Kreis)''' : Urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt)<br><br>
'''Additions''':<br>
* 1972 [[Amendingen]]
* 1972 Buxach
* 1976 Dickenreishausen
* 1976 [[Eisenburg (Memmingen)|Eisenburg]]
* 1976 Steinheim
* 1978 Volkratshofen
** 1971 Ferthofen
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'''MEMMINGEN'''
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|'''German'''
| Gespalten; vorne in Gold ein halber, rot bewehrter schwarzer Adler am Spalt, hinten in Silber ein durchgehendes rotes Prankenkreuz.
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|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
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State : [[Bayern]]<br/>
===Origin/meaning===
Urban district (Stadtkreis) : Memmingen<br/>
The origin of the eagle and the cross are not known. The eagle most likely is the imperial eagle. The combination already appeared on the first known seal of Memmingen, dating from 1286. On most later seals and images, both the eagle and the cross appear. Most often they appear as on the arms, but often also mirrorwise. The colours also date from the Middle Ages.
Additions : 1972 [[Amendingen]], Buxach; 1976 Dickenreishausen, [[Eisenburg (Memmingen)|Eisenburg]], Steinheim; 1978 Volkratshofen (1971 Ferthofen)


[[File:memminge.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]
===Image gallery===
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
File:memmingenz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|Seal from 1286
File:memmingenz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|Seal from  the 16th century
File:Memmingencg116.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in a 15th century manuscript
File:Memmingen1475.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in the late 15th century
File:Memmingenjr.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
File:Memmingen1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms around 1500
File:Memmingen1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530
File:Memmingen1576.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in a manuscript from 1576
File:Memmingengb.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in a manuscript from 1584
File:Memmingenrp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in the Armorial Ribeaupierre (16th century)
File:Memmingen16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]
File:Memmingen17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in a 17th century manuscript
File:Memmingenc1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms on an early 18th century  coin
File:Memmingen1841.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in Kramer (1841)
File:Memmingent.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The 'old' arms by Tyroff (1835)
File:Memmingent1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The 'new' arms by Tyroff (1835)
File:513b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (+/- 1910)
File:Memmingen60.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memminge|nMunicipal stationery, 1960s
File:Memmingen1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The municipal stamp shown in 1892
File:memmingenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|Seal from around 1900
File:memmingen.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 
File:3168.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums
File:memmingen2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms on a house in the city
File:memmingen5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms on a manhole cover
File:memmingen3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms on a house in the city
File:memmingen4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms on the Lindau gate
File:Memmingenp1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms on a special cancellation 1987
File:Memmingen.sc.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in an [[Schuberts Album deutscher Staaten und Städtewappen|album]] from around 1910
File:Memmingen.pan.jpg|alt=Wappen von Memmingen/Arms (crest) of Memmingen|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968
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====Official blazon====
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
Gespalten; vorne in Gold ein halber, rot bewehrter schwarzer Adler am Spalt, hinten in Silber ein durchgehendes rotes Prankenkreuz.
 
====Origin/meaning====
The origin of the eagle and the cross are not known. The eagle most likely is the imperial eagle. The combination already appeared on the first known seal of Memmingen, dating from 1286. On most later seals and images, both the eagle and the cross appear. Most often they appear as on the arms, but often also mirrorwise. The colours also date from the Middle Ages.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:memmingenz2.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from 1286
|align="center"|[[File:memmingenz3.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from  the 16th century
|-
|align="center"|[[File:memmingenz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900
|align="center"|[[File:memmingen.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 
|-
|align="center"|[[File:memmingen2.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a house in the city
|align="center"|[[File:memmingen3.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a house in the city
|-
|align="center"|[[File:memmingen4.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on the Lindau gate
|align="center"|[[File:memmingen5.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a manhole cover
|}


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[[Literature]] : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.


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