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Danmarks Kommunevåbener
Danish Civic Heraldry

LEMVIG

Region : Midtjylland
Amt (until 2007) : Ringkjøbing
Additions : 1970 Bøvling, Dybe-Ramme, Fabjerg, Fjaltring-Trans, Flynder, Gudum, Hygum-Hove, Lomborg-Rom, Møborg, Nees, Nørlem, Nørre Nissum, Tørring-Heldum, Vandborg-Ferring; 2007 Thyborøn-Harboøre (1970 Harboøre-Engbjerg, Thyborøn)

Våben af Lemvig

Origin/meaning:
The arms were officially registered in 1938.

The arms are based on a seal of the city, which is known from 1608. The only known older seal of the city shows a point with wavy lines, see image below.

The arms show the local church tower and two small hills covered with grass. The hills and the wavy base symbolise the position on the Limfjord and the sandy dunes around it. The maening of the two stars is not known.

Våben af Lemvig
Seal of Lemvig from 1584.
Våben af Lemvig
Seal of Lemvig from 1608.
Våben af Lemvig
The arms as shown in the Kaffe Hag album from the 1930s.
Våben af Lemvig
The arms as shown on a cigarette card from 1926

Literature : Achen, 1982; Grandjean, 1937.


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