File:DEU Wirdum COA.svg

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Coat of arms
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Deutsch: der Gemeinde Wirdum, Samtgemeinde Brookmerland, Landkreis Aurich, Niedersachsen
English: the German municipality of Wirdum
Blazon
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Deutsch: „Von Rot und Gold (Gelb) gespalten, vorn eine silberner (weißer), golden (gelb) bewehrter Löwe, hinten ein blauer Abtstab, daran ein silbern (weiß) gesäumtes blaues Velum."
English: “...”
Blazon reference
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Wappen der Gemeinde Wirdum
Tincture (GN)
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argentorazuregules
Date
Deutsch: verliehen am 17 July 1963
English: granted on 17 July 1963
Object history
Deutsch: Das von Ulf-Dietrich Korn entworfene Wappen wurde am 17. Juli 1963 vom Regierungspräsidenten in Aurich genehmigt. Der Löwe ist dem Wappen der Häuptlingsfamilie Beninga entnommen. Der Abtstab repräsentiert das ehemalige Prämonstratenserkloster Aland, während die Farben Blau und Gold auf die Zugehörigkeit der Gemeinde zum ehemaligen Landkreis Norden hinweisen.
English: The lion is derived from the arms of the family Beninga of Grimersum, who originally came from the Beninghaburch in Wirdum (first mentioned in 1354). The crozier symbolises a monastery which was founded in 1255 just south of Wirdum.
Artist
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Original:
Ulf-Dietrich Korn  (1936–2019) wikidata:Q2474729
 
Description German conservator, art historian, university teacher and heraldist
Date of birth/death 8 October 1936 Edit this at Wikidata 14 May 2019 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Magdeburg Münster
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creator QS:P170,Q2474729
 
Vector:
first upload by t_luxwolda
Source Leiner, Karl, Panorama Norden. Norden, 1972, S. 493
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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.
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