Image: DEU Coesfeld COA
Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 512 × 590 pixels. Other resolution: 208 × 240 pixels.
Original image (SVG file, nominally 512 × 590 pixels, file size: 8 KB)
Description: The arms were granted on June 14, 1939. The cow's head in the arms is canting (from "Kuh", compare Dutch Koe, both meaning cow), but bears no ethymological relation to the name of the town. The head already appears in a seal of the city from 1291. Older seals show the patron saint, St. Lambert between two towers. Since 1392 the head is used as the main symbol on the seals and arms. From 1578-1763 the city struck its own coins, also with the head.
Title: DEU Coesfeld COA
Credit: Stadtname, Stadtwappen, Stadtsiegel, Stadtbanner
Author: Jürgen Krause
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No
Image usage
The following page links to this image:
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.
