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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Grimma city banner]](../images/d/de-lz-gm_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
Shield Azure a castle Or with windows Or and open port Gules, topped by an embattled round tower of the same, flanked by two smaller quadrangular towers with pitched roofs Gules, on dexter flanch a fettered inescutcheon Or charged with a lion rampant Sable, on sinister flanch a fettered inescutcheon Argent charged with two bars Azure.
Meaning:
The imperial castle of Döben was located near a ford crossing the Mulde River. Merchants settled down near the 2nd ford before 1150. They built a church, dedicated to St. Nicholas and a bridge. The latter was mentioned first in 1292. Shortly after 1150 the Margraves of Meißen built another castle in order to secure the passage across the river. An upper town (Oberstadt) around the church of Our Lady developed. The united settlements were called a city in 1200. The city walls were finished in 1241. In 1292 there existed council and mayor, which acquired the high level cognisance in 1437. In the late Medieval Grimma had become a politically important city, which had 2000 inhabitants in 1550. The Wettin kin during the 15th century resided a few times in the local castle, which had also been a place of assemblies of the estates of the country in the 16th century. The people earned their living by long-distance trading, the production of cloths and linen weaving. The city also held the staple right for goods rafted down the Mulde River. Furthermore acres around the city were acquired in order to practise agriculture. Industrialisation arrived after the railway had been established between 1866 and 1877. The city arms are based on a city seal from 1292. The castle is stressing the character of a city. The inescutcheons are those of the margraves at dexter and of the Burgraves of Döben at sinister.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.168-170
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
A probably plain bicolour is in use since 1908. The arms are in use since January 1900.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
![[Mutzschen borough banner]](../images/d/de-lz-gm-mu_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
It was a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
Shield Azure a castle Argent with port and windows Azure, a central tower with pitched roof Gules flanked by two smaller towers with cupolas Gules, on central base an inescutcheon Gules charged with a heron statant Argent.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned in 1081, ruled by imperial commissionaires, whose seat had been a castle, first mentioned in 1308. The castle belonged to the imperial territory of Pleißenland during the 12th and 13th century, since around 1290 to the Burgraviate of Leisnig and probably since the 14th century to the Margraviate of Meißen. Mutzschen was mentioned as a city in 1350. Main business lines remained agriculture and local crafts. The arms are based on local seals. Castle and heron were depicted on local seals since the 16th century. The castle is stressing the city status. The heron probably was alluding to local ponds, lakes and swamps.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, p.307
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
A probably plain bicolour and the arms were fixed in 1898 by Minister of Interior of Sachsen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
![[Nerchau borough banner]](../images/d/de-lz-gm-ne_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
It was a yellow-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
Shield Azure a church Or masoned Sable with roofs Gules on nave and spire.
Meaning:
In 974 Emperor Otto II donated the village to the Bishopric of Merseburg. It was acquired by the Archbishopric of Magdeburg in 981. Plans of the archbishops, to establish a city after 1150, failed. In 1231 the village was sold to the Bishopric of Naumburg, in 1282 to the Bishopric of Meißen. At the same time Nerchau was first mentioned as a town. It became a city in the 19th century. The arms displayed the local church, dedicated to St. Martin. The pattern was in use for several centuries with changes of minor details. Otto Hupp (around 1925) only painted the church seen from East and surrounded by a wall. The local council replaced the arms by a blue shield charged with a golden industrial plant with chimney, representing the local production of iron oxide and paints.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.311-312
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
A plain banner was in use between 1902 and 1948 and again since 1990. The arms were approved on 22 March 1898 by Minister of Interior of Sachsen, abolished in 1948 by the city council and according to Ralf Hartemink restored in 1990.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
![[Thümmlitzwalde borough banner]](../images/d/de-lz-gr-tw_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
It was a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top in the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
Shield Vert a bend sinister Argent, charged with three apples Gules, on dexter chief a horseshoe Argent, on sinister base an oak leaf of the same.
Meaning:
Thümmlitzwalde was established on 1 March 1994 by a merger of the municipalities of Böhlen, Dürrweitzschen, Leipnitz, Ragewitz and Zschoppach and incorporated by Grimma on 31 December 2010. Name giver is the Thümmlitzwald, a forest. The leaf is symbolising that forest. The apples are symbolising orchardry.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 17 July 1997.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Dec 2022
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