Weissenberg

WEISSENBERG

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Bautzen
Additions : 1993/4 Drehsa, Gröditz, Kotitz, Maltitz, Nechern, Nostitz, Wurschen

Official blazon
German	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms show a linden tree on a canting white mountain (Weiss=white, Berg=mountain). The origin or meaning of the tree is not known, but the tree appeared already on the seal of the city dating from 1622.

Seal from around 1900	Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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Literature: Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Benzing et al, 1984