Recklinghausen

	RECKLINGHAUSEN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Recklinghausen Additions: 1926 Amt Recklinghausen 1926 Recklinghausen-Land 1926 Suderwich 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":51.61290000000000333102434524334967136383056640625,"lon":7.19869999999999965467623042059130966663360595703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1908.

Recklinghausen became a city in 1230 and the oldest seal, which dates from the same time, already shows this image. Recklinghausen belonged to the State of Köln and the key is thus the patron saint of the city and State, St. Peter. All later seals use the same image.

Image gallery

The seal on a charter from September 29, 1467
Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms on a special cancellation 1987

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O:Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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