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The above arms were granted on October 16, 1996. | The above arms were granted on October 16, 1996. | ||
The meaning of the arms is not clear. The oldest known seal of the city dates from the 15th centuary and shows a tree with two horizontal branches placed in front of the trunk. In a | The meaning of the arms is not clear. The oldest known seal of the city dates from the 15th centuary and shows a tree with two horizontal branches placed in front of the trunk. In a l9<sup>th</sup> century seal the upper branch was replaced by an arrow or a pitchfork. During the 19th and 20<sup>th</sup> century the city used as arms the composition of the oldest seal, with the two branches. | ||
In 1996 the arms with the pitchfork were re-introduced. | In 1996 the arms with the pitchfork were re-introduced. |
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