Kappeln
KAPPELN
State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) : Schleswig-Flensburg (until 1973 Schleswig)
| German | In Silber, beiderseits begleitet von je drei blauen, zueinander gekehrten Heringen, der heilige Christophorus in Vorderansicht, barhaupt, mit rotem Mantel und silbernem Bart, die nackten Beine in abwechselnd blauen und silbernen Wellen verschwindend, in der rechten Hand einen astförmigen, naturfarbenen Stab, mit der linken den Jesusknaben, der die rechte Hand segnend erhebt und mit der linken die Weltkugel in Gold auf seinem linken Knie umfaßt, auf seinen Schultern haltend. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on July 31, 1963.
The name of the town was derived from the local chapel of St.Nicholas, patron saint of sailors. The main occupation in the town was and is fisheries. The chapel was first mentioned in 1357. The saint in the arms, however, is not St. Nicholas, but St. Christopher, who first appeared on the seals of the town in 1870, together with the 6 herrings. The herring undoubtly symbolise fisheries. St. Christopher is the patron saint of ferrymen and travelers and in the town was an important ferry over the Schlei. The Schlei was bridged in 1927.
The symbols in the seal were in 1963 transformed to the present arms.
Image gallery
Seal from around 1900
Emergency money from the 1920s
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in the Kurmark Wappenschau album from 1929
Postal cancellation 1965
Postal cancellation 2002
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Reissmann, 1997.
This page is part of the  |
 |
|
German heraldry:
|
Selected collector's items from Germany:
|
Contact and Support
Partners:
Your logo here ?
Contact us
© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink 
Index of the site