Eiderstedt (kreis)

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	KREIS EIDERSTEDT (TÖN) Eiderstedt District Country : Germany State : Schleswig-Holstein Incorporated into: 1970 Nordfriesland 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":54.34790815000000208101482712663710117340087890625,"lon":8.8219379375017954458826352492906153202056884765625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Blau drei rechtshin segelnde dreimastige goldene Schiffe (2 : 1) mit silbernen Segeln und roten Wimpeln. Auf dem Großsegel je das Zeichen der drei Eiderstedter Harden: Utholm, ein hervorbrechender blauer Leopard; Everschop, eine blaue Karausche; Eiderstedt, ein roter Ochsenkopf.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 22, 1959.

The arms are based on a seal dating from 1613, after the area was reclaimed from the sea. The ships represent the three areas (Harden) in the new territory; Eiderstedt, Everschop and Utholm. The lion is the symbol of Utholm, the fish for Everschop and the ox-head for Eiderstedt. On the original seal the ships were placed 1:2 instead of 2:1 and the symbols were placed on the hulk of the ship, not the sails.

The arms of Nordfriesland are nearly identical.

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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