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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]][[File:Nordrhei.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Ennepe-Ruhr Kreis]][[File:enneperu.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br> | |||
* 1970 [[Amt Volmarstein]] (partly) | |||
* 1970 Asbeck | |||
* 1970 Berge | |||
* 1970 Silschede | |||
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| | | In Gold auf grünem Dreiberg über einer roten Zinnenmauer ein rotes Gebäude mit Giebel und seitlichen Pfeilern, belegt zwischen den Fenstern mit einem goldenen Schild, darin ein schwarzes Kammrad. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Gevelsberg received city rights in 1886. As no historical seals of arms were known the above arms were designed and granted in 1903. | Gevelsberg received city rights in 1886. As no historical seals of arms were known the above arms were designed and granted in 1903. | ||
Although the official description | Although the official description mentions a golden shield, all images until the 1970s show the shield as silver. Presently the city uses the arms with a golden shield. The small shield was described as gold with a black wheel, but the image of the grant shows the small shield red. Later images (Meyer, Hupp) show the wheel blue (see below). | ||
The building symbolises the former Cistercian monastery, and was also used as a canting element (from Gewel=Giebel=front of a house). The red and silver colours are derived from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, who owned the area in medieval times. <br/> | The building symbolises the former Cistercian monastery, and was also used as a canting element (from Gewel=Giebel=front of a house). The red and silver colours are derived from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, who owned the area in medieval times. <br/> | ||
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The small shield with the hammer-wheel symbolises the industry in the area. | The small shield with the hammer-wheel symbolises the industry in the area. | ||
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| | File:gevelsberg1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Gevelsberg/Arms (crest) of Gevelsberg|The arms on the original grant | ||
File:gevelsbe.jpg|alt=Wappen von Gevelsberg/Arms (crest) of Gevelsberg|The arms until the 1970s | |||
File:gevelsbergz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Gevelsberg/Arms (crest) of Gevelsberg|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:gevelsbergm.jpg|alt=Wappen von Gevelsberg/Arms (crest) of Gevelsberg|The arms as shown in 1940 | |||
File:gevelsberg.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Gevelsberg/Arms (crest) of Gevelsberg|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
| | File:Gevelsbergp1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Gevelsberg/Arms (crest) of Gevelsberg|The arms on a special cancellation 1975<br>with [[Vendôme]] | ||
File:Gevelsbergp.jpg|alt=Wappen von Gevelsberg/Arms (crest) of Gevelsberg|Postal cancellation | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Meyer, 1940, http://www.gevelsberg.de Stadt Gevelsberg | |||
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[[Category:German Municipalities G]] | [[Category:German Municipalities G]] | ||