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	LANDKREIS MAYEN (MY) Mayen District Country: Germany State: Rheinland-Pfalz Incorporated into: 1973 Mayen-Koblenz Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.328000000000002955857780762016773223876953125,"lon":7.221199999999999619149093632586300373077392578125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Silber ein silberner Mühlstein mit schwarzer Mahlbahn in perspektivischer Ansicht, durch das Steinauge wachsend ein bewurzelter fünfblättriger grüner Maienbaum.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 7, 1950.

The tree in the arms is described as a Maie, and is thus a canting element. The millstone symbolises the local quarries and stonecutting and masonry industry in the district.

Image gallery

Postal cancellation

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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+<center>''' {{uc:Landkreis Mayen (MY)}} '''<br>Mayen District</center><br>
+'''Country''': Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
+'''State''': [[Rheinland-Pfalz]][[File:rheinlan.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
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+* 1973 [[Mayen-Koblenz]]
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 The tree in the arms is described as a Maie, and is thus a canting element. The millstone symbolises the local quarries and stonecutting and masonry industry in the district.
+===Image gallery===
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
+File:mayenkp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Landkreis Mayen/Arms (crest) of the Mayen district|Postal cancellation
+</gallery>
+'''[https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/bibliography/ Literature]''': Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
+{{de}}
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-[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
 [[Category:Kreiswappen]]