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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

KRANENBURG

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Kleve
Additions : 1969 Mehr, Niel, Wyler, Zyfflich

Wappen von Kranenburg

Origin/meaning:
The arms were granted on July 28, 1972 and are based on the old seal of Kranenburg, known since the 13th century. The arms are canting, Kranenburg meaning castle of the cranes. The 4 added municipalities did not have their own arms.

Wappen von Kranenburg
Seal from around 1423
Wappen von Kranenburg
The arms as shown in the Coffee Hag albums from the 1920s

Literature : Nagel, R. : Rheinisches Wappenbuch, Köln, 1986; Kaffee Hag albums 1920s; Diederich, 198



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