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The old seals of the village showed a rather different composition, see below. The seal showed a small chapel with the symbol of the Roman god Mars and an animal, most likely a horse. The composition may be canting, Mars-house, there is also a chapel named after Mars mentioned in the village until the 18th century. <br> | The old seals of the village showed a rather different composition, see below. The seal showed a small chapel with the symbol of the Roman god Mars and an animal, most likely a horse. The composition may be canting, Mars-house, there is also a chapel named after Mars mentioned in the village until the 18th century. <br> | ||
The horse could be a canting element ( | The horse could be a canting element (Mähre or mare), but has also been described as a dog. Until 1945 the seals showed this composition, after 1945 the seals showed the whole in a shield, making it unofficial arms. As it is a rather non heraldic composition, the State Archives proposed the above arms in 1963. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:merzhausenz1.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal of 1660 | |align="center"|[[File:merzhausenz1.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal of 1660 | ||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: John and Heine, 1989 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: John and Heine, 1989 | ||