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BENNECKENSTEIN (HARZ)
State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Harz (until 2007 Wernigerode)
Incorporated into : 2010 Oberharz am Brocken
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
Benenckenstein received city rights in 1741, when it became Prussian. The arms show the patron saint of the city, St. Laurentius (Lawrence) with the grill, his symbol. It has been used as arms of the city since the middle of the 18th century.
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
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Literature : Bensing, et al; Lexicon Städte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Leipzig, 1985.