This is what it is: a symbol used by different entities for differing reasons.
In the case of the city of Nijmegen, a city established in 5 AD, yes you read that right, 2000 years ago, as a Roman frontier city. Around 800, wne Charles the Great was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, he spent time there and doing his business, holding court. Hence the imperial emblems. It means: we are a free city directly under the Holy Roman Emperor, don't fuck with us.
And because they were also a Hanse League Member, it meant: we are a free city, mr. Kaiser, so don't fuck with it us.
So at best, a bunch of guys have no creativity and take an old emblem and simply say: as of today, the meaning of this emblem is this
The contents of the story is much richer than you can imagine.
The double-headed eagle is the emblem of the thirty second and thirty-third (and highest) degrees of Scottish Rite Freemasonry
Thanks. I don't really know anything about masonry at all.
So, you are claiming that when you see this coat of arms you think of freemasonry?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijmegen#/media/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Nijmegen.svg
This is what it is: a symbol used by different entities for differing reasons.
In the case of the city of Nijmegen, a city established in 5 AD, yes you read that right, 2000 years ago, as a Roman frontier city. Around 800, wne Charles the Great was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, he spent time there and doing his business, holding court. Hence the imperial emblems. It means: we are a free city directly under the Holy Roman Emperor, don't fuck with us. And because they were also a Hanse League Member, it meant: we are a free city, mr. Kaiser, so don't fuck with it us.
So at best, a bunch of guys have no creativity and take an old emblem and simply say: as of today, the meaning of this emblem is this
The contents of the story is much richer than you can imagine.