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'''GREIFSWALD''' | '''GREIFSWALD''' | ||
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Disctrict (Kreis) : [[Vorpommern-Greifswald]] (until 2011 Hansestadt Greifswald) | Disctrict (Kreis) : [[Vorpommern-Greifswald]] (until 2011 Hansestadt Greifswald) | ||
[[File:greifswa.jpg|center]] | [[File:greifswa.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von Greifswald]] | ||
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In Silber ein aufrechter roter Greif mit goldener Bewehrung, mit der linken Hinterpranke auf einem gespaltenen, zweiästigen und vierblättrigen Eichenbaumstumpf in natürlichen Farben stehend. | |+Official blazon | ||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Silber ein aufrechter roter Greif mit goldener Bewehrung, mit der linken Hinterpranke auf einem gespaltenen, zweiästigen und vierblättrigen Eichenbaumstumpf in natürlichen Farben stehend. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are canting, a griffin (Greif) and a tree (Wald=forest). These symbols already appear on the oldest known seal of Greifswald, dating from before 1255. The basic image never changed since. | The arms are canting, a griffin (Greif) and a tree (Wald=forest). These symbols already appear on the oldest known seal of Greifswald, dating from before 1255. The basic image never changed since. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:greifswaldz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1892.jpg|center|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:greifswald.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:greifswaldz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:greifswaldz2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:205b.wsa.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (1900) | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:greifswald.abd.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a 1930s [[Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen|album]] |- | |||
|align="center"|[[File:greifswald.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:3056.aba.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}3.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the town (image Ralf Fischer) | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}mh.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a manhole cover (image Ralf Fischer) | |||
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[[Literature]] : Hupp, 1896 and 1989, reprint, 1993. Information provided by the <a href=http://www.greifswald.de >Greifswald]] Council. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Hupp, 1896 and 1989, reprint, 1993. Information provided by the <a href=http://www.greifswald.de >Greifswald]] Council. | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities G]] | [[Category:German Municipalities G]] | ||
[[Category:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] | [[Category:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] | ||
[[Category:Vorpommern-Greifswald]] | [[Category:Vorpommern-Greifswald]] |
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