File:DEU Kreis Minden-Luebbecke COA.svg

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Summary

Coat of arms

Deutsch: des Kreises Minden-Lübbecke, Nordrhein-Westfalen

English: the German district of Minden-Lübbecke

Français : de l‘arrondissement allemand de Minden-Lübbecke

Blazon

Deutsch: „Im gespaltenen Schild vorn in Rot zwei silberne (weiße) schräg gekreuzte Schlüssel mit abgewendeten Barten, hinten in Silber (Weiß) drei rote Sparren.“

English: Per pale gules two keys saltirewise Argent and Argent three chevrons gules.

Blazon reference

Deutsch: Veddeler, Peter; Wappen, Siegel, Flaggen; Münster 2003; S. 75 und 313; ISBN 3-87023-252-8

Tincture

argentgules

Date

Deutsch: verliehen am 11 September 1973

English: granted on 11 September 1973

Français : décorée en 1973-09-11

Object history

Deutsch: Das Wappen wurde am 11. September 1973 vom Detmolder Regierungspräsidenten genehmigt. Es vereinigt die Wappenbilder der bisherigen Landkreise Minden und Lübbecke. Die Schlüssel erinnern an das frühere Fürstentum bzw. Hochstift Minden; die Sparren stehen für die frühere Grafschaft Ravensberg zu denen große Teile des Kreisgebiets gehörten.

English: The arms were granted on September 11, 1973. They based of the old arms of the former districts of Minden and Lübbecke. The left part now shows the chevrons of county of Ravensberg. The keys are derived from the old arms of the Bishopric of Minden.

Artist

Original: Unknown authorUnknown author
Vectorization: Jürgen Krause first upload by TUBS

Source

§ 2 der Hauptsatzung des Kreises Minden-Lübbecke vom 17.10.2011

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Object location	52° 16′ 53.48″ N, 8° 54′ 41.71″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	52.281522; 8.911586

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	17:59, 27 July 2016	412 × 472 (4 KB)	Jürgen Krause	little cosmetics
	17:34, 27 July 2016	412 × 472 (4 KB)	Jürgen Krause	redrawn - code cleaned
	08:06, 19 February 2010	566 × 654 (40 KB)	WiebkeCBo	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	10:08, 20 October 2008	566 × 654 (11 KB)	TUBS	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	09:27, 22 September 2008	566 × 654 (10 KB)	TUBS	{{Information \|Description=Kreiswappen/Coat of Arms des/of Kreis Minden-Lübbecke \|Source=30px \|Date=2008 \|Author=TUBS \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	09:25, 22 September 2008	566 × 654 (10 KB)	TUBS	{{Information \|Description=Kreiswappen/Coat of Arms des/of Kreis Minden-Lübbecke \|Source=30px \|Date=2008 \|Author=TUBS \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}