Duisburg

	DUISBURG (1929-1935 DUISBURG-HAMBORN) State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Duisburg Free urban district Additions: (to see click on expand) 1905 Meiderich 1905 Ruhrort 1904 Beeck 1929 Bissingheim 1929 Buchholz 1929 Ehingen 1929 Großenbaum 1929 Hamborn 1929 Huckingen 1929 Hüttenheim 1929 Mündelheim 1929 Rahm 1929 Serm 1929 Wedau 1975 Homberg 1921 Essenberg 1921 Hochheide 1975 Rumeln-Kaldenhausen 1975 Rheinhausen 1975 Rheinkamp (partly) 1975 Walsum (partly) 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":51.434629999999998517523636110126972198486328125,"lon":6.7611200000000000187583282240666449069976806640625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Auf quergeteiltem Schilde in der oberen Hälfte auf Goldgrund einen schwarzen Doppeladler, von der Brust ab aufwärts, mit roten Zungen, in der unteren Hälfte eine in Silber dargestellte dreitürmige Stadtmauer auf rotem Grund.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 31, 1977.

Duisburg became a city in the late 12th or early 13^th century. The oldest known seal of the city dates from between 1209-1224 and showed Christ sitting on a throne. The three later great seals of the city, from the 13th and 14^th century, all show the same basic composition. The seals were used until the 17^th century.

In a contraseal from the 15^th century the present arms appear for the first time. As proper arms they have been used since the middle of the 16^th century. The upper part shows the imperial eagle, whereas the lower part may represent the city itself. The red and silver probably refer to the Hanseatic League, to which the city belonged.

The arms did not change after the merger in 1974, but the shape of the castle in the image used by the city is changed slightly.

Image gallery

The third seal of Duisburg from the 14^th century
The arms in a manuscript from 1750
Seal of the city from around 1900.
Seal of the city from around 1900
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms shown around 1900.
The arms shown around 1900
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910
The arms in the Abadie albums, 1930s.
The arms in the 1960s.
The arms on a 1960s matchox label

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Nagel, R.:Rheinisches Wappenbuch, Köln, 1986

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