Last modified: 2021-04-10 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Apr 2021
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2021
Shield Or; standing on a mount issuant Vert a knight in armour Argent (realised as grey), holding a Latin cross Sable by his right hand and a heraldic rose Gules seeded Or, barbed and stemmed Vert by his left hand; at dexter an impending inescutcheon Argent, charged with a heraldic rose Gules seeded Or, barbed Vert.
Meaning:
The oldest city seal from 1431 displayed a knight holding a cross and a flagellum, accompanied by a triangular shield displaying a rose. Later the flagellum was replaced by a rose with stem. Since the 17th century the arms displayed the rose of the Burgraves of Altenburg alone. In 1951 a completely different coat of arms was adopted, displaying on a golden shield a standing worker, dressed blue and holding a silver hammer in fess, in front of two pairs of green firs. The oldest arms were re-established after the end of the GDR.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.273-274
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2021
The arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2021
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