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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) German Civic Heraldry RHEYDT State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Mönchengladbach (until 1974 free urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt)) Additions : 1929 Odenkirchen Incorporated into : 1974 Mönchengladbach Origin/meaning: The arms were granted in 1896. Rheydt became a city in 1856. The arms show in the first and fourth quarter the arms of the first Lords of Rheydt, before 1500. The cross in the second and third quarter show the arms of the Lords of Bylandt-Rheydt, who owned the village since 1500. The cross was also used as the sole symbol on the old seals of the city, dating from the 16th century. From 1856 until 1896 the city only used a variation of the arms of Bylandt-Rheydt as shown below. The arms from 1856-1896. Seal of the city from around 1900 Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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