Schwerte

	SCHWERTE Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Unna (until 1975 Iserlohn) Additions: 1975 Amt Ergste (partly) 1975 Amt Westhofen 1975 Ergste 1975 Geisecke 1975 Villigst 1975 Wandhofen 1975 Westhofen 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":51.445099999999996498445398174226284027099609375,"lon":7.56524999999999980815346134477294981479644775390625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	(1911) In silbernem Schilde zwei schräggekreuzte gestürzte schwarze Schwerter. (1947) In rotem Schilde zwei schräggekreuzte gestürzte silberne Schwerter.
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Origin/meaning

Schwerte received city rights in 1242 from Count Adolf I of the Mark. The oldest known seal dates from 1427, but it probably dates from 1397 when the city rights were confirmed. It already shows the two crossed swords, a canting symbol (Schwerter=swords). Ever since two swords have been on the seals and the arms of the city.

The colours, however, have changed regularly; until 1909 it was most often shown as black swords on blue. From 1911-1947 as black on silver (see below) and since 1947 as above. These colours were derived from a fresco found in the St. Victorchurch, which dates from the 15^th century.

Image gallery

Seal from 1437
Seal from around 1900
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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