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| '''Welcome to the largest website on civic heraldry !'''
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| | Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted '''only''' to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes educational, corporate, military and institutional heraldry. A large section is also dealing with an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry. |
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| Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted mainly to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry.
| | The wiki contains at present '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]]''' pages and '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFFILES}}]]''' [[:Category:Thumbnails|images]]. |
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| | To navigate, use the buttons below or the menu on the left, or use the [[Special:search|'''Search''']] function. |
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| The site was created on January 2009 by amalgamation of my two sites; International Civic Arms (since 1996) and Heraldryshop.biz (since 2004).
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| | File:sweden.jpg|link=Heraldry by country|[[Heraldry by country|Heraldry by country:All countries]]<br><br>[[Europe]] - [[Asia]] - [[America]] - [[Africa]] - [[Oceania]]<br><br>'''Top countries:'''<br>1. [[Germany]] 2. [[France]]<br>3. [[United Kingdom]] 4. [[Portugal]]<br>5. [[Czech Republic]] 6. [[Italy]]<br>7. [[Spain]] 8. [[Slovakia]]<br>9. [[Switzerland]] 10. [[Canada]] |
| | File:alloa.jj.jpg|link=Heraldic collector's items catalogue|[[Heraldic collector's items catalogue]]<br><br>'''Top items:'''<br>1.[[Heraldic albums|Albums]] 2. [[Heraldic postcards|Postcards]]<br>3. [[Heraldic stamps|Stamps]] 4. [[Heraldic cinderellas|Non-postage stamps]]<br> 5. [[Heraldic tobacco cards|Cigarette cards]] 6. [[Heraldic trade cards|Trade cards]]<br> 7. [[Heraldic cigar bonds|Cigar Bonds]] 8. [[Heraldic calendars|Calendars]]<br> 9. [[Heraldic games|Games]] 10. [[Crested china]] |
| | File:Copenhagen-cat.rel.jpg|link=Religious or Ecclesiastical heraldry|[[Religious or Ecclesiastical heraldry]]<br><br>'''Top countries:'''<br>1. [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Canada|Canada]] 2. [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Slovakia|Slovakia]]<br>3. [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] 4. [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Australia|Australia]]<br>5. [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]] 6. [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Colombia|Colombia]] |
| | File:Persdir2.jpg|link=Military heraldry|[[Military heraldry]]<br><br>'''Top countries:'''<br>1. [[Military heraldry of the United States|USA]] 2. [[Military heraldry of Sweden|Sweden]]<br>3. [[Military heraldry of Norway|Norway]] 4. [[Military heraldry of Italy|Italy]]<br>5. [[Military heraldry of Spain|Spain]] 6. [[Military heraldry of Portugal|Portugal]] |
| | File:University of Cambridge.jpg|link=Category:Educational_heraldry|[[:Category:Educational_heraldry|Educational heraldry]] <br><br> 1. [[:Category:Universities|Universities and higher education institutes]]<br> 2. [[:Category:Schools|Schools]]<br><br>'''Top countries:'''<br> 3. [[:Category:Educational heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] 4. [[:Category:Educational heraldry of Australia|Australia]]<br>5. [[:Category:Educational heraldry of South Africa|South Africa]] 6. [[:Category:Educational heraldry of the United States|USA]] |
| | File:Port of London Authority.jpg|link=Institutional heraldry|[[Institutional heraldry]]<br><br>'''Top countries:'''<br>1. [[:Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] 2. [[:Category:Institutional heraldry of Australia|Australia]]<br> 3. [[:Category:Institutional heraldry of Ireland|Ireland]] 4. [[:Category:Institutional heraldry of South Africa|South Africa]]<br> 5. [[:Category:German fraternities|Germany]] |
| | File:Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd..jpg|link=Corporate heraldry|[[Corporate heraldry]]<br><br>'''Top countries:'''<br>1. [[:Category:Corporate heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] 2. [[:Category:Corporate heraldry of Australia|Australia]] |
| | File:Ralf Hartemink arms.jpg|link=Register of personal arms|[[Register of personal arms]] <br><br>Have your arms registered here ! |
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| The site International Civic Arms was created in 1996 as Nederlandse Gemeentewapens (Dutch civic arms, hence the domain name www.ngw.nl) and went global in 1999. Ever since it has been the largest collection of civic coats of arms ever published. With the exception of a break during 2006-7, it has been growing steadily every month. See here for more history.
| | Please don't ask me about family crests (family coats of arms), to learn about coats of arms for surnames, please visit [http://coadb.com coadb.com]. They will help you. |
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| Although as much information on the arms as possible will be included, like pictures, meaning and history, often there is just a picture, not a description of the arms, nor a history. Any additional information thus is welcome ! All information is taken from public sources (books, internet) and the sources are always mentioned and credited. Most pictures are scans from books, with the exception of the Dutch civic arms, where all the pictures are made by myself.
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| Arms of countries, areas or provinces that do not exist anymore, are placed under the country in which the area is situated at this moment (except for the historical provincial arms in Austria-Hungary). For example, cities, which were granted arms during the Russian Empire, are now under the individual countries. Similarly, towns in the former German provinces of Prussia and Posen are placed under Poland, the South African Homelands are under South Africa and Dutch East Indies are under Indonesia.
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