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'''VIERSEN''' | '''VIERSEN''' | ||
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Additions : 1970 : [[Boisheim]], [[Dülken]], [[Süchteln]] | Additions : 1970 : [[Boisheim]], [[Dülken]], [[Süchteln]] | ||
[[File:viersen.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:viersen.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Blau drei silberne Mispelblüten, 2:1 gestellt. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:viersenz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:viersenz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:viersenz2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:viersenz2.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:viersen.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |- | ||
|align="center"|[[File:viersen.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 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}60.jpg|center|350 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Municipal stationery, 1960s | |||
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==Bockert== | ==Bockert== | ||
The village of Bockert , which never was its own municipality, but a borough of Viersen, adopted arms in 1998 : <br> | The village of Bockert , which never was its own municipality, but a borough of Viersen, adopted arms in 1998 : <br> | ||
[[File:vie-bockert.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:vie-bockert.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The upper half shows seven waves and 5 'roofs', which refer to an old rhyme about the village :<br> | The upper half shows seven waves and 5 'roofs', which refer to an old rhyme about the village :<br> | ||
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The two beech leaves are canting, Bockert is derived from Buchenholz (beech forest). The two leaves refer to the former hamlets of Ober- and Unterbockert. The colours are those of Prussia (black-silver) and its Rhine province (green-silver), as the village developed under Prussian rule. | The two beech leaves are canting, Bockert is derived from Buchenholz (beech forest). The two leaves refer to the former hamlets of Ober- and Unterbockert. The colours are those of Prussia (black-silver) and its Rhine province (green-silver), as the village developed under Prussian rule. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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{{media}} Info on Bockert from <a href="http://martinsverein.de/bockert.htm" target="_blank">here]]. | |||
[[Category:German Municipalities V]] | [[Category:German Municipalities V]] | ||