Hasselfelde

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HASSELFELDE

State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Harz (until 2007 Wernigerode)
Additions: 2002 Trautenstein
Incorporated into: 2010 Oberharz am Brocken

Official blazon
German	In Silber ein gestürztes grünes Haselblatt aus einem grünen Zweig wachsend.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were never officially granted, but were used since the 17th century.

The arms show a canting hazel-leaf (Hasel=hazel). The name means hazel-field and until the 19th century hazel trees were common in the area.

The leaf can be seen on the local seals from 1599 until 1834.

	Seals from around 1900
The arms as shown in the Kaffee Hag albums.	Postal cancellation 1975

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