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The arms show the lion of the Habsburg family, under a chief of the [[Austria|Austrian]] arms. The city was for many centuries a possession of the Habsburg family, Dukes (later Emperors) of Austria. The arms first appear on the local seal used from 1293. | The arms show the lion of the Habsburg family, under a chief of the [[Austria|Austrian]] arms. The city was for many centuries a possession of the Habsburg family, Dukes (later Emperors) of Austria. The arms first appear on the local seal used from 1293. | ||
Before the late | Before the late 13<sup>th</sup> century the town already used a banner with a red ball on a silver field. This was a similar design as [[Lenzburg]] as in the 10-11<sup>th</sup> century the area was part of the Counts of Lenzburg. From 1512 onwards the colours were reversed, a silver ball on a first a blue, later a red field. In the 16<sup>th</sup> century this composition was also used as arms, so the city used the arms with the Austrian-Habsburg shield as well as the shield with the silver ball at the same time. | ||
Later only the arms with the silver ball were used. In the | Later only the arms with the silver ball were used. In the 19<sup>th</sup> century also held by two lion supporters. | ||
In 1935 the town council decided to re-install the arms from the | In 1935 the town council decided to re-install the arms from the 13<sup>th</sup> century seal. | ||
===Image gallery=== | ===Image gallery=== | ||