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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1892.jpg|center|Siegel von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:204b.wsa.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (+/- 1910) | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:3054.aba.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |align="center"|[[File:3054.aba.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | ||
|align="center"|[[File:gotha1.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:gotha1.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:gotha.abd.jpg|center|300 px|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a 1930s [[Abdulla-Deutsche Städtewappen|album]] | |||
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GOTHA
State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Gotha
Additions : 1922 Siebleben; 1974 Sundhausen; 1994 Boilstädt, Uelleben
Official blazon
(de) Geteilt; das obere Feld in Gold, das untere dreimal geteilt von Schwarz und Rot; in Schildmitte ein nimbierter Bischof auf einem mit Greifenköpfen verzierten goldenen Sessel sitzend, in der Rechten den Krumm stab, in der Linken ein Buch haltend; über ihm schwebend eine fünftürmige rote Mauerkrone; auf der linken Seite die Buchstaben S. Goth, rechts HAR DVS (St. Gothardus).
Origin/meaning
The arms show St. Gothardus (961-1038), Bishop of Hildesheim. He already appears in the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1250. Why the bishop is chosen is not clear, it may be as a canting symbol. There is no historical relation between the city and the bishop.
The basic composition has not changed since, but the shape of the saint and the other attributes has changed considerably during the centuries.
Hupp showed in the 1920s the arms in a more simplified version:
 The municipal stamp shown in 1892 |
 The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910) |
 The arms in the Abadie albums |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
 The arms in a 1930s album |
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Literature : Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Benzing et al, 1984; Ulle, 1997
