List of coats of arms of the independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

This list contains - sorted according to the administrative structure - all coats of arms of the independent cities of North Rhine-Westphalia listed in Wikipedia , including historical coats of arms. All cities, communities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia have a coat of arms. They can be reached via the navigation bar at the end of the page.

One district cities

city	coat of arms	Comments
Aachen		Managed since the 16th century: "As the city's coat of arms, the city has a red-armored black eagle looking to the right on a golden background."
Bielefeld		Approved by RP Detmold on July 17, 1978: "The city coat of arms shows a silver shield with three red rafters in the golden field under a red crenellated wall arch with two turrets."
Bochum		Approved ????: "The city coat of arms shows in blue a bar in three rows, white and red, which is covered with a black book with a yellow cut, white cover and white clasps."
Federal City of Bonn [ Article ]		Approved ????: "The coat of arms shows a split shield [above] * in silver (white) a black cross, below in red a striding, looking, golden (yellow) lion." * Addition by the author
Bottrop		Approved by the RP Münster on July 31, 1978: "The city's coat of arms shows a black crutch cross on a white background, covered with a blue shield, in it three white wolf rods (2: 1)."
Dortmund		Approved ????: "The city's coat of arms shows the right-facing, red-armored eagle of the former imperial and Hanseatic city of Dortmund in black on a gold background."
Duisburg ( details )		Coat of arms management since 1527; last approved by the district president in Düsseldorf on January 31, 1977: "Your coat of arms shows a cross-sectioned shield in the upper half on a gold background (golden yellow) a black double-headed eagle, from the chest upwards, with red tongues, in the lower half one in silver ( white) depicted three-tower city wall on a red background. "
State capital Düsseldorf		Approved in 1868: "In a silver (white) shield an erect, double-tailed, blue-crowned and armored lion with a lowered blue anchor in its paws."
eat		Resolved by the city council on November 24, 1886, confirmed by the Royal Prussian Heraldry 1887: “The coat of arms of the city of Essen consists of two inclined coats of arms beneath a golden, black-shaded prince's crown, the inside of which is partially visible from below and colored red. The heraldic right, inclined to the left, heraldic shield contains a blue, black shaded and red armored double-headed eagle of the old German Empire on a gold background. A red, black-shaded crown of leaves hovers above the eagle. The heraldic left heraldic shield, inclined to the right, contains a golden, black-shaded sword inclined to the left. The two coats of arms and the crown above form a unit. "
Gelsenkirchen		Approved 1954: “The ¹ coat of arms is quartered, it contains in the left ² upper black field: a silver church with a central tower. The tower is in four parts; it consists of the tower with a black gate opening, the trapezoidal roof, the tower top with two black sound openings and the spire with a ball. To the left and right of the tower there are two black window openings in the nave; in the right ³ upper silver field: a green linden tree with roots; in the left ² lower silver field: five blue bars, covered with a red soaring, tongue-tongued, double-tailed lion; in the right ³ lower black field: mallets and iron, silver, diagonally crossed. “ ¹ The , ² heraldic right , ³ heraldic left
Hagen		Approved on February 1, 1897: “The city of Hagen has its traditional coat of arms. It shows a yellow oak tree on a blue coat of arms (Appendix 1). "
Hamm		Managed since the 13th century, confirmed in 1934: "The coat of arms of the city of Hamm shows a bar on a gold background, in three rows of seven fields in red and silver, beginning with a red field at the top left."
Herne		Approved 1975: "The city coat of arms shows a black, jumping horse in gold, with mallets and iron placed in a cross on the left."
Cologne [ article ]		In use since around 1300: The main statute of the city of Cologne stipulates: "The city of Cologne has the coat of arms shown in the enclosure." holding a scepter at the back, covered with a breast shield, which shows eleven black 5: 4: 2 flames set under a red shield head with three three-leaf gold crowns in silver arranged in bars. In many cases, only this breast shield is shown as the coat of arms of the city of Cologne. Large coat of arms according to the main statute Official seal of the city with this coat of arms
Krefeld [ article ]		Approved on July 3, 1950: “The split coat of arms shows Saint Dionysius in silver with a halo and red regalia, the bishop's staff in his right hand, the severed head in his left, at his feet a little gold shield with a black bar, behind in blue over a red-divided field two turned away golden keys, accompanied by silver shields with black crosses. "
Leverkusen		Approved by the RP Cologne on August 19, 1976: "The city has a city coat of arms with a double-tailed, blue-crowned, armored and tongued red lion in silver (white), which is covered by a black pinnacle bar."
Mönchengladbach		Approved by the RP Düsseldorf on February 7, 1977: “The city of Mönchengladbach has a coat of arms, a flag and an official seal. The colors of the city of Mönchengladbach are red and gold. " "The coat of arms of the city of Mönchengladbach shows under a red shield head, inside a silver pinnacle bar, split by blue and gold, in front a silver abbot, behind a continuous black cross."
Mülheim an der Ruhr		Approved by the King of Prussia in 1880: "The city carries its previous coat of arms and the yellow and red city flag." “Split twice and divided once: Field 1: Red slanting grid in gold Field 2: Silver eight-spoke wheel in blue Field 3: Double- tailed red lion in silver Field 4: Divided: above: striding golden lion in red, below: three black bars in silver Field 5: Golden bordered label in red Field 6: Silver six-spoke wheel in blue, accompanied by four silver crosses in the corners "
Muenster		no official approval or award known, see the article Wappen von Münster : "The shield is divided by gold, red and silver."
Oberhausen		Approved in 1952: “The city has a coat of arms. The appearance of the coat of arms can be seen from the illustration attached as Annex 2, which is part of these main statutes. " "The coat of arms of the city of Oberhausen shows in a shield split by a silver tip of blue and red, a black mallet and a black iron crossed at an angle, in front a silver rod of Mercury surrounded by two silver snakes, in the back crossed silver pliers and a silver hammer, covered with a silver gear. "
Remscheid		Approved ????: “The coat of arms of the city of Remscheid shows a split coat of arms shield in the upper half (shield head) a half, upright, double-tailed lion in red with a blue weir; in the lower half (shield base) an upright silver sickle with a brown handle on a blue background. In print, silver is represented by white and gold by yellow. A picture of the coat of arms is attached to the original articles of association (Annex 2 *). "
Solingen		Approved ????: “The coat of arms of the city of Solingen shows two silver, diagonally crossed, overturned swords with golden handles, with which a golden anchor is interlaced, above the shield a golden wall crown with five crenellated towers, each with a passage and two pinnacles . "
Wuppertal		Approved ????: “The coat of arms of the city of Wuppertal shows in silver, standing on two golden strands of thread, a red lion with two tails looking to the left, armed in blue and crowned with a blue crown, which holds a black rust.” ¹ heraldic right

Historical coats of arms of the independent cities

Aachen

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  Historic city arms of Aachen, 1888

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  Historic city arms of Aachen, 1774

Bonn

In § 5 of the district statutes it says: The district representatives continue to use the coats of arms of the formerly independent cities and communities of Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Beuel and Duisdorf as traditional coats of arms of the city districts on special occasions. These coats of arms have no legal meaning.

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  City of
  Bonn
  approx. 1732–1971 in
  front of it the red lion on a gold or silver background

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  former town of
  Bad Godesberg
  incorporated in 1969

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  former city of
  Beuel
  incorporated in 1969

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  former
  Hardtberg district
  incorporated in 1969

• 

  former
  Oberkassel office
  incorporated in 1969

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Aachen (PDF; 49 kB)
2. ↑ § 2 para. 1 of the main statute of the city of Bielefeld (PDF; 195 kB)
3. ↑ § 1 paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Bochum (PDF; 42 kB)
4. ↑ § 4 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the Federal City of Bonn
5. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Bottrop
6. ↑ § 3, Paragraph 1, Clause 1 of the main statute of the city of Dortmund  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ § 1 para. 4 of the main statute of the city of Duisburg ( Memento of the original of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 43 kB) 
8. ^ State capital Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf city arms . The main statute of the state capital Düsseldorf does not contain any information on the coat of arms, official seal or flag.
9. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Essen (PDF; 84 kB)
10. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Gelsenkirchen
11. ↑ § 1 paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Hagen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ § 2 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Hamm ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ § 2 para. 1 of the main statute of the city of Herne (PDF; 93 kB)
14. ↑ § 2 para. 1 of the main statute of the city of Cologne (PDF; 512 kB)
15. ↑ § 2, Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Krefeld ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Leverkusen ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
17. ↑ § 2 of the main statutes of the city of Mönchengladbach ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 69 kB) 
    
18. ↑ Approval certificate of the RP Düsseldorf dated February 7, 1977
    See also Mönchengladbacher coat of arms  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , PDF brochure of the city of Mönchengladbach.  
19. ↑ § 4 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr (PDF; 75 kB)
20. ^ Website of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr on the city arms
21. ↑ The main statute of the city of Münster ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. does not contain any information on the coat of arms, official seal or flag. 
22. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Oberhausen ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 897 kB) 
23. ↑ § 2 Paragraph 2.1 of the main statute of the city of Remscheid ( Memento of the original of April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 79 kB), see also the website of the city of Remscheid  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
     
24. ↑ § 2 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the city of Solingen ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 740 kB) 
25. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 2 of the main statute of the city of Wuppertal ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 94 kB) 

See also

• List of flags of the independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Coats of arms of the German urban and rural districts