Gröningen

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GRÖNINGEN

State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Börde (until 2007 Bördekreis)
Additions : Dalldorf, Großalsleben, Heynburg, Krottorf
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Westliche Börde (2005-2010 Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Westliche Börde (1994-2005 Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gröningen))

Official blazon
German	Gespalten von Silber und Rot; darin drei Barsche pfahlweise in verwechselten Farben.
English	No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1535 and again on March 20, 1995.

The arms are based on the divided arms of Halberstadt, as the city was a possession of the Bishop of Halberstadt. The meaning of the three fish is not clear. The arms were granted in 1535 by Cardinal Albrecht von Brandernburg, Bishop of Halberstadt. In the same year Kochstedt received arms in a very similar design from the bishop.

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

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Literature: Benzing et al, 1984