Coat of arms of the city of Windhoek
| Coat of arms of the city of Windhoek | |
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| Introduced | unknown |
| Heraldic shield | Aloe littoralis |
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Suum Cuique (each his own) |
The coat of arms of Windhoek is the official city coat of arms of the Namibian capital Windhoek .
description
The design for the coat of arms is said to come from Helmut Lewin , whereby the coat of arms corresponds to the form of the family coat of arms of the founding family of the city of Windhoek, family von François .
In the gray heraldic shield there is an Aloe littoralis that can be found all over the mountains around the city of Windhoek, but especially in the National Botanical Garden . The three flowers of the plant stand for the three original official languages ( Afrikaans , German , English ) that were used when the city's coat of arms was designed.
The crown as a fortress on the coat of arms represents the city as a military base between 1890 and 1915.
See also
Literature and source
- Conny von Dewitz: Windhoek - The little city guide . Windhoek: Kuiseb Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3-941602-17-5