Delmenhorst

DELMENHORST

State:Niedersachsen
Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt):Delmenhorst
Additions:1933 Annenheide, Annenriede, Bungerhof, Iprump, Stickgras; 1974 Hasbergen

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on February 4, 1913 by the Grand-Duke of Oldenburg.

Delmenhorst grew around a castle of the Counts of Oldenburg and received city rights in 1371. The oldest seal dates from 1422 and already shows a castle in front of the river Delme, as well as a small shield with the arms of Oldenburg. The small shield disappeard in the second and later seals. The 17th centruy seals showed the tower pointed to the upper right corner.

In his work Deutsche Ortswappen, Hupp showed initially the arms as on the 17^th century seals, but later corrected it to the proper arms, see below.

The municipal stamp shown in 1892	The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925	The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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