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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
(de)  
(de) Unter einem silbernen Schildhaupt, darin ein roter Wechselzinnen balken, in Blau einen silbernen Schwan, der auf einem silbernen Dreiberg steht.
 
===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
Erkelenz received city rights in 1326 from Count Reinald III of Geldern, to be a fortified town against Jülich. The oldest seal, known from 1331 already shows the symbols of [[Geldern]], lion and flower. All later seals and images show the same composition.  
Erkelenz received city rights in 1326 from Count Reinald III of Geldern, to be a fortified town against Jülich. The oldest seal, known from 1331 already shows the symbols of [[Geldern]], lion and flower. All later seals and images show the same composition.