Fürstenwalde/Spree
FÜRSTENWALDE/SPREE
State : Brandenburg
District (Kreis) : Oder-Spree
| German |
In Silber ein bewurzelter grüner Laubbaum mit einem linkshin auffliegenden schwarzen Raben in der Krone; der Stamm beseitet von zwei Schilden, vorn in Gold ein rot-bewehrter und rot-gezungter widersehender schwarzer Adler, belegt mit einem steigenden silbernen Halbmond, dessen Höhlung mit einem Kreuzchen besteckt ist; hinten in Silber ein gold-bewehrter roter Adler mit goldenen Kleestengeln auf den Flügeln. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on February 11, 1998.
The arms are based on the oldest known seals of the city, known since 1413. The original composition is canting; the forest of the Princes (Fürsten) of Brandenburg and showed a tree with bird and two shields with the eagle of Brandenburg. Later one of the shields was replaced by the eagle of the Piast dynasty, Kings of Poland and Silezia, but also rulers of the (former) State of Lebus, to which the city belonged in the 13th century.
 The municipal stamp shown in 1892 |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
 Emergency money from the 1920s |
 The arms in the Abadie albums |
 The arms during DDR times |
 Postal cancellation 1988 |
 Postal cancellation 2002 |
Literature: Bensing et al., 1984