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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Schotten received city rights in 1354, but the oldest known seals of the city date from the | Schotten received city rights in 1354, but the oldest known seals of the city date from the 16<sup>th</sup> century. The seal showed a shield with a bird on a mountain. This is likely a canting arms for the Vogelsberg (Bird-mountain) region. It may, however, also be derived from the arms of the Lords of Weinsberg, who also used a eagle-like bird in their arms. In 1326 Konrad of Weinsberg acquired the village. | ||
The arms were officially granted in 1962 and the hill in the base was replaced by a ball. | The arms were officially granted in 1962 and the hill in the base was replaced by a ball. | ||
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===Image gallery=== | ===Image gallery=== | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Schottenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Schotten/Arms (crest) of Schotten|The seal from the | File:Schottenz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Schotten/Arms (crest) of Schotten|The seal from the 17<sup>th</sup> century | ||
File:Schotten17.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | File:Schotten17.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1500376886085/49/ manuscript from +/- 1730] | ||
File:schotten.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | File:schotten.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||