File:DEU Gerolstein COA.svg – Travel guide at Local City Guide

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Summary

Coat of arms InfoField	Deutsch: der Stadt Gerolstein, Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz English: the city of Gerolstein
Blazon InfoField	Deutsch: „In Gold (Gelb) ein rotbewehrter und -bezungter schwarzer Löwe, der oberhalb der Mitte mit einem freischwebenden, fünflätzigen roten Turnierkragen belegt ist.“ English: “Or, an armed and langued gules lion rampant sable, charged with a label of five points gules in the upper part.”
Blazon reference InfoField	Stadler, Klemens; Deutsche Wappen; Band 2, Bremen 1966; S. 29
Tincture InfoField	gulesorsable
Date	Deutsch: verliehen 1890 English: granted in 1890
Object history	Deutsch: Die Wappen wurde 1890 vom preußischen Staatsministerium genehmigt. Das Wappen geht auf das Wappen der Grafen von Gerolstein-Blankenheim zurück und lässt sich erstmals 1567 im Siegel der Schöffen von Gerolstein nachweisen. Die Stadt Gerolstein führt das Wappen seit etwa 1890. English: The arms were granted in 1890. They are derived from the arms of the counts of Blankenheim-Gerolstein and are nearly identical to the arms of Blankenheim (Ahr). Gerhard von Blankenheim founded Gerolstein in 1330, and the village received city rights already in 1336. The counts of Blankenheim-Gerolstein ruled the village until 1423.
Artist InfoField	Vectorization: Jürgen Krause
Source	Website der Stadt Gerolstein
Other versions	Wappen Gerolstein.jpg
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This coat of arms was created with Inkscape by Jürgen Krause.

Licensing

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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current	16:26, 16 December 2015		412 × 482 (8 KB)	Jürgen Krause	Editing SVG source code using User:Rillke/SVGedit.js; upload handled by User:Rillke/MwJSBot.js
	13:28, 15 November 2015		412 × 482 (8 KB)	Jürgen Krause	== {{int:filedesc}} == {{COAInformation \|blazon of = {{de\|1=''der Stadt Gerolstein, Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz...