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===Official blazon=== | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are derived from the arms of the counts of Blankenheim-Gerolstein and identical to the arms of [[Blankenheim]]. Gerhard von Blankenheim founded Gerolstein in 1330, and the village received city rights already in 1336. The counts of Blankenheim-Gerolstein ruled the village until 1423. Later rulers never changed the arms. | The arms are derived from the arms of the counts of Blankenheim-Gerolstein and identical to the arms of [[Blankenheim]]. Gerhard von Blankenheim founded Gerolstein in 1330, and the village received city rights already in 1336. The counts of Blankenheim-Gerolstein ruled the village until 1423. Later rulers never changed the arms. | ||