Jülich

	JÜLICH Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Düren (until 1971 Jülich) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1916 Altenburg 1916 Daubenrath 1916 Selgersdorf 1972 Barmen 1972 Bourheim 1972 Broich 1972 Kirchberg 1972 Koslar 1972 Mersch (Jülich) 1972 Merzenhausen 1972 Pattern (Jülich) 1972 Stetternich 1972 Welldorf 1969 Güsten 1981 Lich-Steinstraß 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":50.91879999999999739657141617499291896820068359375,"lon":6.36029999999999962057017910410650074481964111328125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 8, 1886 and are a combination of the old lion of the counts of Jülich and a part of a fortified town.

Jülich became a city in 1238. It was fortified in 1280 and became one of the strongholds of the counts of Jülich. The first seal of the city, dating from around 1300, shows a shield with the lion placed next to a castle. Smaller seals of the city only show the lion. In 1559 this was shown as arms for the city. The lion was later used as a single symbol on the arms of the city until the early 20th century century when the present arms were devised.

The counts of Jülich (Gulik in Dutch), were one of the most influential families in the area, which is now partly Germany, partly The Netherlands. The oldest known use of the lion by the counts is from a seal of Wilhem of Jülich dating from 1237. The colours are mentioned in the Bigot roll of arms from 1254, and the Gelre roll of arms of the late 14^th century.

The lion of Jülich alone forms part of many civic arms in Germany, like Bad Münstereifel, Bergheim, Brüggen, Dormagen, Eschweiler, Frechen, Gangelt, Geilenkirchen, Grevenbroich, Heimbach, Jüchen, Düren, Kaster, Linnich, Monschau, Nideggen and Nörvenich

In 1377 the counts of Gulik inherited the duchy of Gelre (derived from the town of Geldern), making them even more influential, as the duchy was one of the largest independent states of what is now The Netherlands. The lions of Jülich and Gelre were combined. This combination is now the arms of the Dutch province of Gelderland and the former district of Geldern. The combination is also part of the arms of many Dutch communities in the former duchy (like Mook en Middelaar, Linne and Tiel).

Image gallery

The seal on a charter from November 21, 1445
The seal on a charter from June 28, 1466
The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
The arms in a manuscript from 1559
Seal from around 1900
Seal from around 1900
The arms on a 1960s matchox label

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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