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'''MOERS''' | '''MOERS''' | ||
State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Wesel (kreis)|Wesel]] (until 19974 [[Moers (kreis)|Moers]])<br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Wesel (kreis)|Wesel]] (until 19974 [[Moers (kreis)|Moers]])<br/> | ||
Additions : 1974 [[Kapellen (Moers)|Kapellen]], [[Rheinkamp]] (partly) | Additions: 1974 [[Kapellen (Moers)|Kapellen]], [[Rheinkamp]] (partly) | ||
[[File:moers.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:moers.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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|'''German''' | |||
| Gespalten von Silber und Gold, vorne ein roter Zinnenturm mit offenem schwarzen Fallgatter, hinten ein schwarzer Balken. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on October 30, 1975. | The arms were officially granted on October 30, 1975. | ||
Moers received city rights in 1300 by King Albrecht I. The city developed around the castle of the counts of Moers. The arms are based on a seal of the city from the 14<sup>th</sup> century. The castle is the castle of the counts of Moers, the black bar in gold is the arms of the counts. Until the 17<sup>th</sup> century the arms of the counts are placed in front of the castle. In the 17<sup>th</sup> century the present arms first appear. The arms have been used for some centuries, but were not officially granted until 1975. | Moers received city rights in 1300 by King Albrecht I. The city developed around the castle of the counts of Moers. The arms are based on a seal of the city from the 14<sup>th</sup> century. The castle is the castle of the counts of Moers, the black bar in gold is the arms of the counts. See [[County Moers]]. | ||
Until the 17<sup>th</sup> century the arms of the counts are placed in front of the castle. In the 17<sup>th</sup> century the present arms first appear. The arms have been used for some centuries, but were not officially granted until 1975. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:moersz1.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the city from around 1900. | |align="center"|[[File:moersz1.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the city from around 1900. | ||
|align="center"|[[File:moers.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:moers.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 | ||
|} | |} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities M]] | [[Category:German Municipalities M]] | ||