Annaberg (Sachsen)

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ANNABERG

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Erzgebirgskreis (until 2008 Annaberg)
Additions : 1912 Kleinrückerswalde
Incorporated into : 1949 Annaberg-Buchholz

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Official blazon

Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted at the same time as the city rights, by Emperor Maximilian I on March 22, 1501.

The arms of Annaberg show St. Anne the patron saint of the city, surrounded by two miners and a small shield with miner's tools. Around the city silver is mined since 1492, and mining is still of importance.

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The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature : Bensing, et al; Lexicon Städte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Leipzig, 1985.