Augustenborg

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AUGUSTENBORG

Region : Syddanmark
Amt (until 2007) : Sønderjylland
Additions : 1970 Asserballe, Ketting, Notmark
Incorporated into : 2007 Sønderborg

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1966.

The two lances are the symbol for the long local tradition of 'ring-riding', in which a rider tries to lift a small ring from a rope using his lance. The horses symbolise the horse-breeding station founded at the Augustenborg castle in 1820.