Duderstadt

	DUDERSTADT Country : Germany State : Niedersachsen District (Kreis) : Göttingen (until 1973 Duderstadt) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1971 Westerode 1973 Breitenberg 1973 Brochthausen 1973 Desingerode 1973 Esplingerode 1973 Fuhrbach 1973 Gerblingerode 1973 Hilkerode 1973 Immigerode 1973 Langenhagen 1973 Mingerode 1973 Nesselröden 1973 Tiftlingerode 1973 Werxhausen 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":51.5123200000000025511326384730637073516845703125,"lon":10.258990000000000719637682777829468250274658203125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on ? and again on January 29, 1976.

The previous arms

Duderstadt received city rights in 1247 from Duke Otto van Braunschweig. The oldest seal is known from 1255 and shows the two leopards of Braunschweig. All later great seals of the city have shown the two leopards. The small seals on the other hand showed shields with only a single leopard. Coloured images of the arms, always with 2 leopards, are known since 1592.

The arms were slightly changed after the mergers in 1973; the blue colour of the nails and tongue was added, which was more historically correct.

Image gallery

Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in an album from 1968
The arms on a manhole cover (source)

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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