Rüstringen

RÜSTRINGEN

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Wilhelmshaven
Additions : 1911 Bant, Heppens, Neuende
Incorporated into : 1937 Wilhelmshaven

Official blazon
German	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on July 3, 1911.

Even before the merger, the mayor of Heppens started the procedure to obtain arms for Heppens and/or the new city. As no historical arms or seals were known for the three former municipalities, he proposed the use of the Frisian warrior, which was shown on the medieval seals of the territory/landscape of Rüstringen. The arms were based on the fourth seal, dating from 1474, in which the warrior holds a spear, sword and shield, see below. The simple shield on the seal, however, was replaced by the arms of the State of Oldenburg.

The seal of 1474	Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925	The arms in the Abadie albums

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