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.