Wesel

WESEL Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Wesel Additions: 1969 Flüren 1969 Obrighoven-Lackhausen 1975 Bislich 1975 Büderich 1850 Ginderich 1975 Diersfordt Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.65729999999999932924765744246542453765869140625,"lon":6.6180000000000003268496584496460855007171630859375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms are mainly canting (Wesel = weasel).

A weasel already appears on the first known seal, which dates from the early 13^th century. The main image of the seal shows a gate with Emperor Heinrich VII and Count Theodor of Kleve. Under the gate the weasel is seen. In 1269 on a smaller seal only the weasel appears. Both the large and smaller seals remain similar until the 16^th century. In the 14^th century arms with three weasels are mentioned (these never appeared on the seals). Around 1600 the weasels are placed on the original arms of the counts of Kleve.

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  The arms in a manuscript from 1514

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  Textile token (bagseal) 17th century

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  The arms in an album from around 1910

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  The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)

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  The arms in the Abadie albums

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  The arms in an album from 1968

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  The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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  The arms on emergency money, 1921

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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