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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Hessen]][[File:Hessen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Hochtaunuskreis]][[File:hochtaun.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1975 [[Usingen (kreis)|Usingen]])<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1971 [[Kransberg]] (partly) | |||
* 1971 [[Michelbach (Usingen)|Michelbach]] | |||
* 1971 [[Wernborn]] | |||
* 1972 [[Eschbach (Usingen)|Eschbach]] | |||
* 1972 [[Merzhausen (Usingen)|Merzhausen]] | |||
* 1972 [[Wilhelmsdorf (Usingen)|Wilhelmsdorf]] | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Usingen became a city around 1350. The oldest seal is mentioned, but no examples exist anymore. The second seal dates from around 1277 and shows a quartered shield with the lions of [[Nassau]] (I and IV) and [[Saarbrücken]] (II and III), as the town was ruled at the time by the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken. The small additions to the lions, billets and crosses, disappear later and do not return until 1935 when the present arms were granted. | Usingen became a city around 1350. The oldest seal is mentioned, but no examples exist anymore. The second seal dates from around 1277 and shows a quartered shield with the lions of [[Nassau]] (I and IV) and [[Saarbrücken]] (II and III), as the town was ruled at the time by the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken. The small additions to the lions, billets and crosses, disappear later and do not return until 1935 when the present arms were granted. | ||
Later seals of the city do no longer show the lions, a 17<sup>th</sup> century seal simply shows a city wall. Similarly, the city used a trefoil as its symbol in some smaller seals as well in buildings and fountains. This trefoil was placed as an escutcheon on the lions in 1935. | Later seals of the city do no longer show the lions, a 17<sup>th</sup> century seal simply shows a city wall. Similarly, the city used a trefoil as its symbol in some smaller seals as well in buildings and fountains. This trefoil was placed as an escutcheon on the lions in 1935. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:usingenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Usingen/Arms (crest) of Usingen|Seal from around 1900 | |||
| | File:usingen.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Usingen/Arms (crest) of Usingen|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
File:Overbetuwep.jpg|alt=Wappen von Usingen/Arms (crest) of Usingen|The arms in [[Heteren]] ([[Overbetuwe]]), the Netherlands | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''[https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/bibliography/ Literature]''': Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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