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Additions : 1999 Herold, Jahnsbach  
Additions : 1999 Herold, Jahnsbach  


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====Official blazon====
====Official blazon====


====Origin/meaning====
====Origin/meaning====
The arms show a canting tower (Thurm). The tower appeared in the 19<sup>th</sup> century seal of the city. Older seals show a rising female figure, holding hammer and cross. This composition can also be seen as city arms on a map from 1665.
The arms were granted in 2000.
 
The arms show the old arms of Thum in the base. The other quarters refer to the former mining (miner's tools), the village of Herold (a canting herald) and Jahnsbach (as a local large tree in the village was used as a place for justice).
 
The previous arms show a canting tower (Thurm). The tower appeared in the 19<sup>th</sup> century seal of the city. Older seals show a rising female figure, holding hammer and cross. This composition can also be seen as city arms on a map from 1665.


Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s in a slightly different composition, see below.
Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s in a slightly different composition, see below.
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|align="center"|[[File:thumz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900
|align="center"|[[File:thumz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900
|align="center"|[[File:thum.hagd.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925  
|align="center"|[[File:thum.hagd.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925  
|align="center"|[[File:thum2.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms until 2000
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