Coat of Arms
The coat of arms was granted on 7 November 1934. It consists of a lion grasping a key.
The oldest seal of the city, dating from the 14th century, already shows the lion with a key. All later seals show the same image, the lion in the arms being that of the Counts von Berg. The origin of the key is not clear. It may have had a religious meaning, but it has also been speculated that it symbolises the iron industry (particularly locksmithing) in the town.
(In the early 20th century the arms were shown in the Kaffee Hag albums with the same composition, but in different colours).
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