Harburg (Hamburg)

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	HARBURG Country : Germany State : Hamburg Incorporated into: 1927 Harburg-Wilhelmsburg 1937 Hamburg Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":53.45989999999999753299562144093215465545654296875,"lon":9.9826999999999994628296917653642594814300537109375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the medieval seals of Harburg, which already showed a city gate with a lion. The lion is the lion of the Welfen dynasty, who ruled Harburg in medieval times.

Image gallery

Seal of the city from around 1900-1920
Seal of the city from around 1900-1920
Seal of the city from around 1900-1920
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature : Ahrens, 1891

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