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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

CLOPPENBURG

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Cloppenburg


Origin/meaning:
Cloppenburg received city rights in 1435 from Heinrich II of Moers, Bishop of Münster. The arms were granted at the same time and show the arms of the Counts of Moers at the time, with St. Paul as the patron saint of Münster. Originally the saint was kneeling, but later he is shown as present. As a crest St. Paul was used. This crest is now rarely used. The original black colour of the bar was changed to red in 1935, as it was the colour of Münster.

Hupp showed in his work the arms with a different design of the saint and in two variants, with blue or red squares in the chief :

Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s.

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