Last modified: 2021-10-09 by klaus-michael schneider
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The community itself and the following municipalities have no proper flags: Belrieth, Belrieth, Einhausen, Ellingshausen, Leutersdorf, Neubrunn, Ritschenhausen and Utendorf
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
It is a yellow-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Shield Vert a thistle's cyathium Or.
Meaning:
The thistle (Latin: Dipsacus sativus) is a local plant and thus canting. It was furthermore taken from the arms of the Lords of Diestelstadt, name givers of the municipality.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Langensalza, 2011, p.148
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 23 April 1992.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Gules three chevrons Argent, 2nd quarter Or a bull's head caboshed Sable, 3rd quarter Or a hen statant Sable on top of a triplemount Or, 4th quarter Gules parted by a cross Argent.
Meaning:
The 1st quarter is representing the many local farmhouses in half timber. The 2nd quarter is symbolising agriculture. The 3rd quarter displays a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Henneberg, local rulers for centuries. The 4th quarter is referring to the Order of St. John, which had been the biggest manorial lord. Its castle is still in the village.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Langensalza, 2011, p.151
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Banner and arms are in use since 1988.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
The banner is quartered of blue and white with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Shield parted per fess; above Azure a throughout bridge Or masoned Sable with five arches; beneath parted per pale, at dexter parted per fess above Or a double-headed eagle issuant Sable topped by an impending coronet Gules and beneath chequered of Gules and Argent, at dexter Or a hen statant Sable armed Gules on top of a triplemount issuant Vert.
Meaning:
The upper half is a representation of the local bridge, crossing the Werra River and finished in 1534. The lower half is referring to the Counts of Henneber, local rulers for centuries. The sinister half displays their family arms, the dexter half their arms as reeves of the Bishopric of Würzburg.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 28 October 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Shield parted per pale; at dexter Gules three bulrushes Argent; at sinister parted per fess, above Argent a cross trefly Gules, beneath Or a hen statant Sable armed Gules on top of a triplemount issuant Vert.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned in 815, when a short living Benedictine Monastery was established, which was later transformed to an imperial estate (German: Reichshof). In 983 an imperial assembly (German: Reichstag) was convoked in the village on occasion of the sudden death of King Otto II. As a result Duke Heinrich of Bayern overhanded the guardianship over the king's son, laterKing Otto III, to Theophanu, the widow of Otto II. In 1206 a Benedictine nunnery developed south of the village, which was secularised during the Protestant reformation in the 16th century. The cross is representing both local Benedictine abbeys in the past. The lower part displays the family arms of the Counts of Henneberg, local rulers for centuries. The bulrushes (German: Rohrkolben) are canting.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Langensalza, 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Banner and arms were approved in 1989.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
It is a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Shield parted per fess; above Or a demi-stag salient issuant Sable; beneath parted per pale, at dexter Or a hen statant Sable armed Gules on top of a triplemount issuant Vert, at sinister Gules a column Argent crowned Or.
Meaning:
Due to the distributuion of estates of the Henneberg kin Schwarza became a possession of the Counts of Henneberg-Hartenberg in 1274 and of the Counts of Henneberg-Aschach in 1379. The crowned column displays the arms of the Schach branch, which became extinct in 1549Afterwards it was the seat of a district (German: Amt) of the county. On 20 September 1495 Emperor Maximilian I granted market and city rights on behalf of Count Hermann VIII of Henneberg-Aschach. But the city rights remained defunct and just the market rights were practised. In 1532 Schwarza became the capital of the Henneberg-Schwarza branch. In 1549 the branch died out and Schwarza was bequeathed to the Counts of Stolberg, finally in 1577. The dexter half beneath displays the arms of the Counts of Henneberg, local rulers for centuries. The upper half is a differentiation of the arms of the Counts of Stolberg, the heirs of the Henneberg kin, whose family arms displayed a full stag, either passant of salient.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Langensalza, 2011
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Langensalza, 2011, p.156
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
The banner was approved on 22 November 1994 and the arms were approved on 19 February 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Meaning:
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
Banner and arms were approved on .
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Oct 2021
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