Mülheim am Rhein

	MÜLHEIM AM RHEIN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen Incorporated into: 1888 Köln Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.961399999999997589839040301740169525146484375,"lon":7.00509999999999966036057230667211115360260009765625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms show a small ship, with a lion and a fisher or ferryman, holding a long pole to navigate the ship. The lion probably is the lion of the County of Berg, to which the area historically belonged. The ship probably symbolises the shipping on the Rhine.

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Seal from around 1900
Seal from around 1900

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