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Coat of arms
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Deutsch: Stadt Mechernich
English: City of Mechernich
Français : Ville de Mechernich
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Deutsch: Der Stadt Mechernich ist mit Urkunde des Regierungspräsidenten in Köln vom 9.02.1973 die Genehmigung zur Führung eines Wappens, eines Siegels, und einer Flagge erteilt worden. „Das Wappen zeigt in der oberen Hälfte auf goldenem (gelbem) Grund einen rotbezungten und bewehrten schwarzen Löwen, belegt mit einem durchgehenden fünflätzigen roten Turnierkragen und im unteren Felde auf blauem Grund zwei gekreuzte silberne (weiße) Hämmer.“ Das Wappen zeigt im oberen Teil den schwarzen Löwen mit dem roten Turnierkragen der Grafen von Blankenheim, die über 500 Jahre über Mechernich geherrscht haben. Im unteren Teil weisen Schlägel und Eisen auf den Bergbau in der Region hin.
English: „The arms were granted in 1935 and confirmed on February 9, 1973. The arms show in the upper part the lion of Blankenheim and in th elower miner's tools. The Lords of Blankenheim ruled the area in the Middle Ages, whereas the tools symbolise the importance of mining in the area.“
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Deutsch: § 2 der Hauptsatzung der Stadt Mechernich und Wappen der Stadt Mechernich
Date 9 February 1973 renewed - first 1935-08-06
Artist
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Gustav Adolf Closs  (1864–1938)  wikidata:Q1555530
 
Gustav Adolf Closs
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Gustav Adolf Karl Closs; Adolf Gustav Closs; Gustave Adolf Closs; Gustav Adolf Carl Closs; G. Adolf Gloss
Description German painter, entomologist, lepidopterist and illustrator
Date of birth/death 6 May 1864 Edit this at Wikidata 3 September 1938 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stuttgart Edit this at Wikidata Wilmersdorf Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1555530
Source http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/m/mecherni.htm
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