Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) German Civic Heraldry

WARBURG

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Höxter (until 1974 Warburg)
Additions : 1971 Amt Warburg-Land, Bonenburg, Calenberg, Dalheim, Daseburg, Dössel, Germete, Herlinghausen, Hohenwepel, Menne, Nörde, Ossendorf, Rimbeck, Scherfede, Welda, Wormeln

Origin/meaning:
The arms were granted on June 30, 1977.

Warburg was already a city in the early 13^th century. In the 15^th century the Alt- and Neustadt (old and new city) were finally combined into a single city. The oldest seals of the city date from 1254 and 1257 and show a gate in which was standing a bishop. The city belonged to the bishops of Paderborn, so it was likely that the figure was the bishop of Paderborn. In the meantime the fleur-de-lis appeared on the coins of Warburg since 1227. The fleur-de-lis also appeared on smaller seals of the city in the 14^th century. The gate only appeared on the great-seals. The fleur-de-lis was also mentioned as the city arms in 1780.

In the early 20^th century the arms still showed only the fleur-de-lis. Stadler, however, mentions in the 1960s arms based on the complete old seal. I don't know when the city adopted the larger composition as arms. In 1977 the city returned to the use of the fleur-de-lis.

Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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