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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

UELSEN

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Grafschaft Bentheim
Samtgemeinde : Uelsen

Wappen von Uelsen

Origin/meaning:
The town is first mentioned as having a council in the 13th century and gradually became a possession of the Counts of Bentheim. In the middle of the 17th century the first seal was made. It showed three holly leaves in a crowned shield. The holly, (Hülst in the North-West German dialect) is a canting symbol. The arms thus never changed since.

The municipality nowadays uses the arms again placed in a shield as a mis-interpretation of the true arms :

Wappen von Uelsen

Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; http://www.uelsen.de


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