Altenburg (Thüringen)

	ALTENBURG Country : Germany State : Thüringen District (Kreis) : Altenburger Land Additions: 1922 Drescha 1922 Kauerndorf 1922 Rasephas 1922 Zschernitzsch 1938 Poschwitz 1953 Steinwitz 1993 Ehrenberg 1994 Zetzscha 1996 Kosma Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.98716999999999899273461778648197650909423828125,"lon":12.4374500000000001165290086646564304828643798828125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Gespalten von Rot und Silber, darin eine silberne Burg; an der Torstelle belegt mit einem goldenen Schild, darin ein schwarzer Löwe mit roter Zunge und Bewehrung; rechts vom Turm schwebend eine silberne Hand, links eine rote Rose mit goldenem Butzen und grünen Kelchblättern.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms show the castle Altenburg, the lion of Meissen, as the city was part of the County Meissen, a hand as a symbol for justice, and a rose, taken from the Margraves of Altenburg.

Image gallery

The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
Seal from around 1900-1920
Seal from around 1900-1920
Seal from around 1900-1920
The arms in a German album +/- 1910
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Heraldic Bibliography:Bensing, et al; Lexicon Städte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Leipzig, 1985.

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