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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
'''State''' : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]][[File:Nordrhei.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
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* 1974 [[Köln]]


'''PORZ AM RHEIN'''
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State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/>
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District (Kreis) : until 1974 [[Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis]]<br/>
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===Origin/meaning===
 
The arms were granted in 1935.
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The arms show a gate, which is a canting symbol, the name may have been derived from the Latin Porta, or gate. The gate also appeared on the local seal dating from the early 15<sup>th</sup> century. The lion is the lion of the Counts of Berg, to which the area belonged in medieval times.


====Origin/meaning====
===Image gallery===
The arms were granted in 1935.
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The arms show a gate, which is a canting symbol, the name may have been derived from the Latin Porta, or gate. The gate also appeared on the local seal dating from the early 15<sup>th</sup> century. The lion is the lion of the Counts of Berg, to which the area belonged in medieval times.  
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.


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


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