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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

FRIEDRICHSTADT

State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) : Nordfriesland (until 1970 Schleswig)

Origin/meaning:
Friedrichstadt was founded in 1621 by Duke Friedrich II von Gottorp of Holstein for Dutch religious refugees. The settlers named the new town after the duke. The town still looks like a Dutch city, with canals etc.
The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city, which dates from 1625. It shows the rivers Eider and Treene, which run through or near the city, behind the arms of Holstein-Gottorp, with the Nesselblatt (see Kiel). In 1986 the arms were slightly changed, by adding the silver lines. This is according to the heraldic rule of tincture.

Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s in a slightly different composition:

Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Reissmann, M. : Die Wappen der Kreise, Ämter, Städte und Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein. Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein, Husum, 1997.


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