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'''KÖNIGSBERG'''
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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
'''State''' : [[Hessen]][[File:Hessen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]][[File:Giessen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1976 [[Wetzlar (kreis)|Wetzlar]])<br><br><br>
'''Incorporated into''':<br>
* 1970 [[Biebertal]]
 
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State : [[Hessen]]<br/>
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District (Kreis) : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]] (until 1976 [[Wetzlar (kreis)|Wetzlar]])<br>
|+Official blazon
Incorporated into : 1970 [[Biebertal]]
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|'''German'''
| Im blauen Schild eine goldene Krone auf goldenem Drei­berg.
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|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
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[[File:konigsbh.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]
===Origin/meaning===
The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city around 1350, but there are no seals known older than the 16<sup>th</sup> century. These seals, as well as all later images, show already these arms.


===Official blazon===  
===Image gallery===
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
File:Königsbergz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The seal on a 17th century document
File:Königsberg17.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730]
File:Königsberg1867.jpg|alt=Wappen von Königsberg/Arms (crest) of Königsberg|The arms in 1867
</gallery>


====Origin/meaning====
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
The arms are canting, a King's crown on a mountain (Berg). The town became a city sround 1350, but there are no seals known older than the 16<sup>th</sup> century. These seals, as well as all later images, show already these arms.


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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.


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