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+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|[[File:herzogenrath.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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+'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
+'''State''' : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]][[File:Nordrhei.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
+'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Aachen (kreis)|Städteregion Aachen]][[File:Aachen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
+'''Incorporated into''':<br>
+* 1971 [[Herzogenrath]]
+{{#display_map:50.8846,6.1051|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
-'''MERKSTEIN'''
+|}
-State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/>
-District (Kreis) : [[Aachen (kreis)|Aachen]]<br/>
-Incorporated into : 1972 [[Herzogenrath]]
 [[File:merkstei.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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 The arms were adopted in 1936 and show a border stone, which is a canting element. The arms are based on an actual stone in the village, dating from Prussian times, the name of the village, however, is much older.
-The horsehead is a symbol of the horse breeding in the municipality. The meaning of the star is not very clear, it has been mentioned that the star was simply a symbol to fill the shield, but that has been rejected by other sources. The explanation is that the star refers to the Nordstern (North-star) mine in the municipality. As the mine was a bulwark of Socialism at the time, it was not politically correct to mention the name of the mine in 1936/7 and instead describe the star is 'filling'.
+The horse head is a symbol of the horse breeding in the municipality. The meaning of the star is not very clear, it has been mentioned that the star was simply a symbol to fill the shield, but that has been rejected by other sources. The explanation is that the star refers to the Nordstern (North-star) mine in the municipality. As the mine was a bulwark of Socialism at the time, it was not politically correct to mention the name of the mine in 1936/7 and instead describe the star is 'filling'.
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Image provided by the Aachen council; background by Rüdiger Vermöhlen
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-[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Image provided by the Aachen council; background by Rüdiger Vermöhlen
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