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Summary

Coat of arms

Deutsch: der Gemeinde Roetgen

English: of the municipality of Roetgen

Français : de la municipalité de Roetgen

Blazon

Deutsch: In Rot einer silberner (weißer) Drache, der von einer schräg-links geneigten golden (gelben) Kreuzlanze duchbohrt wird.

English: The arms were granted on March 21, 1973. The arms are based on the old arms of Rott, and show the symbol of St. Quirinus, the patron saint of Rott, who, according to the legend, killed a dragon with a crossed-spear.

Blazon reference

Deutsch: 1§ 2 Absatz 1 der Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Roetgen

Date

Deutsch: verliehen am 21 March 1973

English: granted 21 March 1973

Object history

Deutsch: Die Darstellung basiert auf einem alten Wappen von Rott, wo der Hl. Quirinus noch heute durch eine alljährliche "Quirinus-Oktav" verehrt wird.

Artist

Original:

Walther Bergmann (1914–1979)
Description	German postage stamp designer
Date of birth/death	1914	1979
Location of birth/death	Düsseldorf	San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Authority file	: Q22952627

Vector:

Jürgen Krause

Source

[1] auf www.roetgen.de
Rolf Nagel: Rheinisches Wappenbuch, Köln 1986, S. 130

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This file depicts the coat of arms of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like coats of arms are in the public domain. Note: The usage of coats of arms is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.

Wappen Deutschlands

Other versions

Wappen von Roetgen.png

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:36, 15 February 2014	427 × 496 (16 KB)	Jürgen Krause	redrawn - FIAV colours
	16:48, 13 August 2012	615 × 651 (52 KB)	MaxxL	purged
	15:31, 1 July 2012	615 × 651 (411 KB)	Cwbm (commons)	white background
	10:02, 1 July 2012	615 × 651 (380 KB)	Cwbm (commons)	removed raster content
	18:13, 16 October 2011	615 × 651 (412 KB)	Jürgen Krause	{{COAInformation \|blasoncz= \|blasonnement-cz= \|ref-cz= \|blasonde=Gemeinde Roetgen \|blasonnement-de=„In Rot einer silberener (weißer) Drache, der von einer schräg-links geneigten golden (gelben) Kreuzlanze duchbohrt wird.“ \|ref-