
Last modified: 2019-11-17 by 
 klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: schwarzheide | parted per bend wavy | otter | fish | heather | 
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 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2019   
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It is a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2019 
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 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2019
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2019
Shield parted per bend wavy, beneath left Sable a branch of heather Argent, above left Argent an otter rampant reguardant Sable having a fish Azure in his muzzle.
Meaning:
The heather (German: Heide) is a canting element. The otter is symbolising the historical importance of catching fish, crayfish and eels. The former arms were approved in 1967 and abolished in 1993. They displayed a shield parted per fess of Azure and Vert, above a chemical factory Argent, beneath a grain ear Or in bend, over all a letter "S" Sable. Factory and ear were symbolising industries and agriculture. The letter is the initial of the municipality's name.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA and Bensing et alii 1984, pp.416-417
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2019 
The current arms were approved on 25 October 1993.  
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2019  
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