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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Giengen was a possession of the Staufen family and received city rights in the middle of the 13<sup>th</sup> century. Already the oldest seals, known since 1293, show the unicorn as the symbol for the city. Its meaning is not known. The arms of the city have always been the unicorn. The seals, however, showed the imperial eagle. Giengen was an imperial city and thus had the right to use the eagle. To distinguish the seal from seals of other cities, the letters G and I, later only G were added. In the 17<sup>th</sup> century both the arms with the unicorn and arms with the imperial eagle were used together. | Giengen was a possession of the Staufen family and received city rights in the middle of the 13<sup>th</sup> century. Already the oldest seals, known since 1293, show the unicorn as the symbol for the city. Its meaning is not known. The arms of the city have always been the unicorn. The seals, however, showed the imperial eagle. Giengen was an imperial city and thus had the right to use the eagle. To distinguish the seal from seals of other cities, the letters G and I, later only G were added. In the 17<sup>th</sup> century both the arms with the unicorn and arms with the imperial eagle were used together. | ||
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===Image gallery=== | ===Image gallery=== | ||
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File:Giengen an der Brenzjr.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giengen an der Brenz/Arms (crest) of Giengen an der Brenz|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495) | |||
File:Giengen an der Brenz1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giengen an der Brenz/Arms (crest) of Giengen an der Brenz|The arms around 1500 | File:Giengen an der Brenz1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giengen an der Brenz/Arms (crest) of Giengen an der Brenz|The arms around 1500 | ||
File:Giengen an der Brenz1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giengen an der Brenz/Arms (crest) of Giengen an der Brenz|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530 | File:Giengen an der Brenz1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Giengen an der Brenz/Arms (crest) of Giengen an der Brenz|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530 | ||