File:DEU Roetgen COA.svg

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Summary

Coat of arms

Deutsch: der Gemeinde Roetgen

English: of the municipality of Roetgen

Français : de la municipalité de Roetgen

Blazon

Deutsch: In Rot einer silberner (weißer) Drache, der von einer schräg-links geneigten golden (gelben) Kreuzlanze duchbohrt wird.

English: The arms were granted on March 21, 1973. The arms are based on the old arms of Rott, and show the symbol of St. Quirinus, the patron saint of Rott, who, according to the legend, killed a dragon with a crossed-spear.

Blazon reference

Deutsch: 1§ 2 Absatz 1 der Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Roetgen

Date

Deutsch: verliehen am 21 March 1973

English: granted 21 March 1973

Object history

Deutsch: Die Darstellung basiert auf einem alten Wappen von Rott, wo der Hl. Quirinus noch heute durch eine alljährliche "Quirinus-Oktav" verehrt wird.

Artist

Original:

Walther Bergmann (1914–1979)
Description	German postage stamp designer
Date of birth/death	1914	1979
Location of birth/death	Düsseldorf	San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Authority file	: Q22952627

Vector:

Jürgen Krause

Source

[1] auf www.roetgen.de
Rolf Nagel: Rheinisches Wappenbuch, Köln 1986, S. 130

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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.