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===Official blazon===  
===Official blazon===  
(de) Über einem blauem Wellenschildfuss - darin ein goldener Pferdeschädel - liegen in Silber drei rote Rosen mit goldennem Butzen.
(de) In Blau unter silbernem Schildhaupt ein goldener Ziegel-Ringofen mit silbernem Dach gelbem Schornstein, oben drei rote Kirschen mit grünen, nach links gekrümmten Stiehlen.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on ?
The arms were officially granted on May 4, 1938.


The arms were designed after a local contest, but were hardly used by the municipality.  
The arms show in the base a brick factory, which were common from the 15th to the 20th century, due to the presence of suitable clay. Around 20 different factories operated in the municipality in the 19th century. The name is also derived from Gline, meaning clay.


The arms were already used in the 1980s. The three roses refer to the cultivation of roses in the municipality for more as 100 years. The base refers to the Havel and other waters in the municipality.
The cherries are a symbol for horticulture, which started in the early 20th century.  
 
The unique horse skull refers to the fact that the crossing over a branch of the Havel was made possible by paving the riverbed with hundreds of horse skulls.


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State : Brandenburg
District (Kreis) : Potsdam-Mittelmark
Incorporated into : 2002 Schwielowsee

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Official blazon

(de) In Blau unter silbernem Schildhaupt ein goldener Ziegel-Ringofen mit silbernem Dach gelbem Schornstein, oben drei rote Kirschen mit grünen, nach links gekrümmten Stiehlen.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 4, 1938.

The arms show in the base a brick factory, which were common from the 15th to the 20th century, due to the presence of suitable clay. Around 20 different factories operated in the municipality in the 19th century. The name is also derived from Gline, meaning clay.

The cherries are a symbol for horticulture, which started in the early 20th century.


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