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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}''' <br>Formerly also '''Eger'''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Czechia [[File:czechnat.png|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : [[Karlovarský Kraj]][[File:Karlovarsky.png|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Okres)''' : <br>Cheb<br> | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were registered on ? | The arms were registered on ? | ||
Cheb was first mentioned in 1061/1062 and as a town in 1203. It is not sure if the town had a seal at the time. The oldest known seal dates from a charter from August 21, 1242. The seal was used until at least the end of the 14th century, even though the city had become an German Imperial City in 1275 and, in 1322, became a possession of the Bohemian Kings. For the image see below, there is already a small part with a grid visible. A second seal from 1471 shows the Bohemian (?) King or German Emperor with a small shield with the Imperial Eagle. Behind the shield there is a grid visible. | |||
When the actual city arms were first used is not known. One of the oldest images is on an antipendium from around 1300, but not in colour. The arms also appear on coins of the city from 1349. The oldest coloured image dates from the 15th century and only in 1664 the arms appear on the city seals. The arms appear afterwards on a number of seals of the city and the composition did not change until 1961. The shape of the grid has changed considerably, see below, and in some images the eagle appeared crowned. | |||
The eagle obviously is the German Imperial Eagle, but the meaning of the grid is not known. It may indicate a wall or fortification, or it was initially just some decoration with evolved into a grid. | |||
The old arms of Cheb were changed in 1962. The historical eagle was changed to the Bohemian lion and a star (more in line with the Socialist Republic at the time and without the crown) and nine linden leaves were added to the base. One for each century of the existence of the city of Cheb. This prompted the famous Czech heraldist Jiří Louda to wonder if every century a new leaf had to be added to the arms... He also refused to show the new arms in his own publications from the 1970s. The meaning of the 9 leaves also seemed not to have been widely known, as in local newspapers and postcards arms with different number of leaves appeared (see below). | |||
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| | In the late 1980s the old arms were restored. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:Chebz.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The oldest seal of Cheb | ||
| | File:Chebz2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The seal from 1471 | ||
File:Chebz3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|17th century seal with the arms | |||
File:Chebz4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|19th century seal with the arms | |||
| | File:Chebc1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|Coin of the city from 1516 | ||
| | File:Chebjr.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495) | ||
File:Chebcg116.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in a 15th century manuscript | |||
File:Cheb1500.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms around 1500 | |||
File:Cheb1475.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the late 15th century | |||
File:Chebrp.jpg|Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the Armorial Ribeaupierre (16th century) | |||
File:Cheb16.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Cheb17.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in a 17th century manuscript | |||
File:cheb10.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms by Widimsky, 1864. | |||
File:chebz1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|Seal from around 1900. | |||
File:chebs.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms by [[Ströhl]], 1904. | |||
File:eger.cva.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in an [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|album]] from around 1905 | |||
File:296b.wsa.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in an [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|album]] from around 1905 | |||
File:24-5.kur.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the [[Kurmark Wappenschau]] album from 1929 | |||
File:cheb.hagcs.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the [[Znaky Republiky Ceskoslovenské|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:1560.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums, 1930s | |||
File:cheb.red.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in the [[Redua]] album, 1930s | |||
File:egermus.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms on a stamp from the city museum, 1930s or 1940s | |||
File:Egerr.whw.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms on a Winterhilfswerk token, 1940s | |||
File:Cheb.sos.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms on a [[Solo Sušice (matchbox labels)|matchbox label]] (1960s/70s) | |||
File:Chebm.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The (wrong) arms on a matchbox label (1960s/70s) | |||
File:eger.ege.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms in an [[Die_Wappen_der_Heimat|album]] from 1955 | |||
File:cheb1962.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The arms from 1962 | |||
File:Cheb.czpc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The (correct) 1962 arms on a postcard | |||
File:Cheb7.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The (correct) 1962 arms on a postcard | |||
File:Cheb.zmc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The 1962 arms in a [[Czech City Quartet|quartett game]] (1970s), with leaves pointed differently | |||
File:Cheb3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The 1962 arms on a [[:File:Zapadoc2.czpc.jpg|postcard]] with different number of leaves | |||
File:Cheb4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The 1962 arms on a [[:File:Zapadoc.czpc.jpg|postcard]] leaves placed wrongly | |||
File:Cheb8.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The 1962 arms on a [[:File:Zapadoc.czpc.jpg|postcard]] leaves placed wrongly and silver grid | |||
File:Cheb5.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The 1962 arms on a postcard with the addition of the Czechoslovak inesutcheon and in silver | |||
File:Cheb9.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|The old arms still on a 1966 poster | |||
File:Cheb6.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Cheb|Special cancellation 2011 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Czechoslovakia, Czechia and Slovakia|'''Literature''']]: Zelenka & Javore, 1985; Liška, 2013 | |||
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[[Category:Czech Municipalities CH]] | [[Category:Czech Municipalities CH]] | ||
[[Category:Karlovarský Kraj]] | [[Category:Karlovarský Kraj]] | ||
[[Category:Cheb]] | [[Category:Cheb]] | ||