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'''ZUG (City and Canton)''' | '''ZUG (City and Canton)''' | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms of the City and Canton of Zug are identical. The only difference is the use of the crown by the city. | The arms of the City and Canton of Zug are identical. The only difference is the use of the crown by the city. | ||
The oldest known seals of the city of Zug date from the last quarter of the 13<sup>th</sup> century and all show the patron saint of the city, St. Michael.<br /> | The oldest known seals of the city of Zug date from the last quarter of the 13<sup>th</sup> century and all show the patron saint of the city, St. Michael.<br /> | ||
The oldest seal in which the arms with the bar are used for the first time dates from around 1319 | The oldest seal in which the arms with the bar are used for the first time dates from around 1319. All later seals and arms always show the single bar. | ||
===Seals of Zug=== | |||
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File:zug2.jpg|alt=Siegel von Zug/Seal of Zug|The seal from 1319 | |||
File:Zugz1.jpg|alt=Siegel von Zug/Seal of Zug|The seal from 1370 | |||
File:Zugz2.jpg|alt=Siegel von Zug/Seal of Zug|The seal from 1412 | |||
File:Zugz3.jpg|alt=Siegel von Zug/Seal of Zug|The seal from 1474 | |||
File:Zugz4.jpg|alt=Siegel von Zug/Seal of Zug|The seal from 1447-1663 | |||
File:zug3.jpg|alt=Siegel von Zug/Seal of Zug|The cantonal seal from 1947 | |||
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The arms are most likely derived from the arms of Austria, as the city at the time was an Austrian possession. When the colours were changed is not known, it may be that the colours were never the Austrian colours (red-silver-red), but the silver and blue from the beginning. <br /> | The arms are most likely derived from the arms of Austria, as the city at the time was an Austrian possession. When the colours were changed is not known, it may be that the colours were never the Austrian colours (red-silver-red), but the silver and blue from the beginning. <br /> | ||
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Only in the seal of the Canton from 1947 the arms are shown with two lions and St. Michael as supporters. | Only in the seal of the Canton from 1947 the arms are shown with two lions and St. Michael as supporters. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:Zugjr.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495) | ||
| | File:Zug1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms around 1500 | ||
| | File:Zug1576.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms in a manuscript from 1576 | ||
File:Zug16a.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms in a 16th century manuscript | |||
File:Zug16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Zug.hes.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | |||
File:Zugc1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms on a 1565 coin | |||
File:Zugc2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms on a 1623 coin | |||
File:Zugc3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms on a 1783 coin | |||
File:Zugc4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms on a 1803 coin | |||
File:Zug.cva.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|The arms in an [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|album]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:zug1.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|Variation of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
File:zug2.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|Variation of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
File:zug5.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Zug/Arms (crest) of Zug|Variation of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Switzerland|'''Literature''']] : Mühlmann, L. : Wappen und Fahnen der Schweiz, Bühler Verlag, Lengnau, 1977 and 1997; Iten and Zumbach, Wappenbuch des Kantons Zug, 1974. | |||
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