Coat of Arms
In the 13th century, Vreden was enlarged to a city by the archbishop of Cologne and the bishop of Münster, who were the city owners of that time. The Coat-of-Arms shows Paulus (patron of Cologne) and Petrus (patron of Münster) with a key and a sword behind the cross of Cologne and the bar of Münster.
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