File:DEU Erkrath COA.svg
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Summary
| Coat of arms | Deutsch: Stadt Erkrath English: City of Erkrath Français : Ville d` Erkrath |
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| Blazon | Deutsch: „In Silber (Weiß) über einem grünen Tal ein rotes Mühlrad, überhöht von einem blau bewehrten, blau bezungten und blau gekrönten schreitenden roten Löwen.“
Das Wappen verdeutlicht die Lage der Stadt im Bergischen Land Das Mühlrad erinnert an den 1975 eingemeindeten Stadtteil Hochdahl und den Ursprung des ältesten Ortsteils Millrath. Der bergische Löwe ist das Wappentier der ehemaligen Landesherrn des Herzogtum Bergs. English: „Argent, in a valley vert a water wheel gules, in the upper part an armed, langued and crowned azure lion passant gules.“
The lion in the upper part is the lion of the counts of Berg, who owned the area. The water mill wheel represents Hochdahl. The arms were granted on September 14, 1977. |
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| Blazon reference | Deutsch: § 2 Absatz 1 der Hauptsatzung der Stadt Erkrath |
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| Date | 14 September 1977 | ||
| Artist | Lothar Müller-Westphal
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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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| current | 11:31, 8 September 2013 | | 482 × 520 (15 KB) | wikimediacommons>Jürgen Krause | redrawn |
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