Osnabrück

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OSNABRÜCK

State : Niedersachsen
Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) : Osnabrück
Additions : 1914 Schinkel; 1940 Haste; 1970 Sutthausen; 1972 Atter, Darum, Gretesch, Hellern, Lüstringen, Nahne, Pye, Voxtrup

Official blazon

(de) In Silber ein sechsspeichiges stehendes schwarzes Rad.

Origin/meaning

Osnabrück became a city already early in the 13^th century. The first seal is mentioned in 1217, but the oldest existing seal dates from 1243. It already shows a wheel with 8 spokes. In another seal in 1274 the wheel has only 6 spokes. The arms thus never changed since. The colour used to be red, but probably already in the 15^th century the colour was changed to black.