Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a red-white vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
The shield is parted per pale. At dexter in a blue field a silver bishop with black crozier and a red book, charged with a silver Latin cross and pierced by a black dagger. The sinister half is parted per fess. Above in a silver field is a red flame. Beneath in a red field is a silver 6-spokes wheel.
Meaning:
The wheel is representing the Archbishops of Mainz, the former rulers. The flame is reminding on the complete destruction of the place by fire in the 15th century. The bishop is St. Boniface, the local patron saint, who appeared in this very pose already in local medieval seals.
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.129
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
Wüstheuterode had 611 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 4.9 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1308.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
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