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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''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)''' : [[Giessen (kreis)|Giessen]][[File:Giessen.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1977 [[Linden (Hessen)]] | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were designed in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century and officially granted in 1955. | The arms were designed in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century, based on the historical seal, and officially granted in 1955. | ||
The arms show a canting linden tree (the name means large-linden). A linden tree or branch already appeared in the 17th and 18<sup>th</sup> century seals of the town. The tree was also used as arms, bit the colours differed widely during the centuries. | The arms show a canting linden tree (the name means large-linden). A linden tree or branch already appeared in the 17th and 18<sup>th</sup> century seals of the town. The tree was also used as arms, bit the colours differed widely during the centuries. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:grossenlindenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Großen-Linden/Arms (crest) of Großen-Linden|The seal from the 17th century (?) | |||
File:grossenlinden.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Großen-Linden/Arms (crest) of Großen-Linden|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Hessisches Ortswappenbuch, 1956. | |||
{{de}} | {{de}} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities G|Grossen Linden]] | [[Category:German Municipalities G|Grossen Linden]] |
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