File:BE Sankt Vith COA.svg

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Coat of arms
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Deutsch: der Stadt Sankt Vith
English: the city of St. Vith
Français : de la ville de Saint-Vith
Blazon
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Deutsch: „In Silber (Weiß) ein gold-(gelb-)gekrönter, blaugezungter und -bewehrter doppelschwänziger roter Löwe.“
English: “Argent, an armed and langued azure and crowned Or double-tailed lion rampant gules.”
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argentorazuregules
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Deutsch: verliehen am 3 July 1925
Deutsch: bestätigt am 8 June 1979
English: granted on 3 July 1925
English: confirmed on 8 June 1979
Object history
Deutsch: Das Wappen entstammt einem Siegel aus dem Jahre 1392. Es wurde erstmalig am 3. Juli 1925 verliehen und leicht verändert bestätigt am 8. Juni 1979. Es zeigt den Limburger Löwen und deutet auf den ersten bekannten Herren St. Viths, den Herzog Heinrich II. (1151) von Limburg und den Grafen von Arel (Arlon).
English: The arms were granted on July 3, 1925 and slightly changed on June 8, 1979. They show the lion of the Dukes of Limburg, who used a lion gules on a shield Argent. The oldest known use of the double-tailed lion dates from 1392 on a seal form Jean de Fauquemont. The Lords of Fauquemont were lords of Saint Vith already in the 12th century. Later the town was a possession of the Counts of Vianden and the Princes of Oranje-Nassau.
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Jürgen Krause
Source Stadtwappen von St. Vith (Link Archive.org, 26 March 2016)
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