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State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) : Aachen<br/> | Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) : Aachen<br/> | ||
Additions : 1897 [[Burtscheid]]; 1907 [[Forst (Aachen)|Forst]]; 1971 [[Brand (Aachen)|Brand]], [[Eilendorf (Aachen)|Eilendorf]], [[Haaren (Aachen)|Haaren]] (partly), [[Kornelimünster]], [[Laurensberg]], [[Richterich]], [[Walheim (Aachen)|Walheim]] | Additions : 1897 [[Burtscheid (Aachen)|Burtscheid]]; 1907 [[Forst (Aachen)|Forst]]; 1971 [[Brand (Aachen)|Brand]], [[Eilendorf (Aachen)|Eilendorf]], [[Haaren (Aachen)|Haaren]] (partly), [[Kornelimünster]], [[Laurensberg]], [[Richterich]], [[Walheim (Aachen)|Walheim]] | ||
[[File:aachen.jpg|center]] | [[File:aachen.jpg|center]] | ||
====Official blazon==== | |||
In Gold ein rot bewehrter und rot bezungter schwarzer Adler. | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | |||
The city used in the Middle Ages seals which showed Charlemagne on a throne. The oldest seals date from the 12<sup>th</sup> century, and the same picture was used until the 16<sup>th</sup> century. In the 16<sup>th</sup> century the Imperial eagle appeared as the city's arms. | The city used in the Middle Ages seals which showed Charlemagne on a throne. The oldest seals date from the 12<sup>th</sup> century, and the same picture was used until the 16<sup>th</sup> century. In the 16<sup>th</sup> century the Imperial eagle appeared as the city's arms. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:aachenz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of Aachen from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:aachenz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of Aachen from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:aachen.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:aachen.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
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[[Literature]] : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | [[Literature]] : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | ||
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[[Category:German Municipalities A]] | [[Category:German Municipalities A]] | ||
[[Category:Nordrhein-Westfalen]] | [[Category:Nordrhein-Westfalen]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Aachen]] | ||