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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Bad Liebenstein city banner]](../images/d/de-wk-bl_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Apr 2021
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
Shield Gules, a saint, nimbed Or, dressed Argent lapelled Vert, holding a palm frond Vert by his left hand and leaning on a gridiron Argent by his right hand.
Meaning:
The saint is St. Lawrence, patron saint of the parish church of Schweina. He is said having been steady, popular and merciful. All parts of the new municipality had been parts of the church parish of the St. Lawrence Church and the image of the saint was used on different local seals. When the three former entities were united, the new entity chose the name of Bad Liebenstein but the saint from the former arms of Schweina.
Source: Jörg Mantzsch: "Das Wappen der Stadt Bad Liebenstein", deposited at Wartburgkreis 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 26 January 2015 by Central Administration Authority (Landesverwaltungsamt) of Thüringen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
![[Bad Liebenstein Banner banner 1951 - 2012]](../images/d/de-wk-bl951_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Apr 2021
It was a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted to the top. Beneath the shield was an additional black inscription "Bad Liebenstein".
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
Shield parted per bend sinister, above right Argent a heart Gules superimposed by a fountain house Argent in style of an odeon, beneath left Gules a ball on top of a cylinder on top of a cube, all Argent.
Meaning:
Originally Liebenstein Castle belonged to the Counts of Henneberg and was acquired by the Wettin kin in 1353. Since 1360 it was ruled by the Lords of Stein, vassals of the kin. The village Sauerborn (= the sour fountain) developed since 1590, after a mineral spa had been discovered. It coalesced with the older neighbouring Grumbach and gained the rights of a market town in 1715. Both villages were united in 1801, since then called Liebenstein. The Dukes of Sachsen-Meiningen promoted the spa business and Bad Liebenstein became famous for its therapies of heart complaints since 1861. In 1907 the town gained officially the title of a spa. In 1849 Dr. Friedrich Fröbel opened the first school for nursery teachers. In 1959 the town gained the title of a city.
The odeon was built above one of the health spas in the city, curing heart complaints, represented by the heart. The charges in base are toy blocks and referring to Dr. Friedrich Fröbel, a well known pedagogue, who lived and died in the city.
Source: Blaschke et alii 1979, p.261
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
The old arms were approved in 1951.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
![[Schweina borough banner]](../images/d/de-wk-bl-sw_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Apr 2021
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
Shield parted per pall reversed; above right Argent a ball on top of a cylinder on top of a cube, all Gules; above left Gules a nimbed saint Argent, holding a palm frond of the same by his left hand and leaning on a gridiron Sable by his right hand, beneath Or an oak twig Vert with two leaves and one acorn.
Meaning:
Schweina had been already a part of the neighbouring Bad Liebenstein between 1 July 1950 and 31 March 1974. On 31 December 2012 Schweina merged with Bad Liebenstain and the neighbouring Steinbach.
The saint is taken from the seal of the local council from 1680, which showed St. Lawrence, the patron saint. The charges at sinister are toy blocks from a monument honouring Dr. Friedrich Fröbel, who lived in Schweina between 1850 and 1852. The oak twig is referring to the pig farming in the village, acorns are a favourite food for pigs.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
The arms were approved on 13 April 1992, the banner on 9 June 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2021
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