DEU Mayen COA

Författare/Upphovsman:

Stadt Mayen modified and added by Jürgen Krause

Kreditera:

Stadt Mayen § 16 Absatz 1 der Hauptsatzung der Stadt Mayen and Heraldry of the World

Kort länk:

https://sewiki.info/b/8f12c

Källa:

Wikimedia Commons

Upplösning:

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Beskrivning:

Mayen got city rights in 1291, and the oldest seal of the city dates from the same year. It shows a castle below two crossed keys. The keys symbolise the fact that the city belonged to the State of Trier. The patron saint of Trier is St. Peter, whose symbol is a key or, as it is often displayed, two crossed keys. Later seals show the same composition. The first seal showing a different composition dates from 1429, and shows a cross, with in each corner a key. The present arms are based on this seal. The trees are so-called May-trees (or freedom-trees), which are a canting symbol (Mai-baum, or Maie).

Licens:

Public domain