Dohna

DOHNA

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (until 2008 Sächsische Schweiz)
Additions: 1994 Köttewitz-Krebs (1970 Köttewitz, Krebs), 1999 Meusegast, Röhrsdorf (1993 Borthen (1950 Burgstädtel), Gorknitz (1950 Bosewitz, Sürßen, Tronitz))

Official blazon
German	In Blau ein zinnengekrönter schwarzgefugter goldener Rundturm mit offenem Torbogen, zwei kleinen Rundfenstern und rotem Spitzdach mit Goldknauf.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 28, 1900.

The tower is the Donin tower, first mentioned in 1040, around which the town developed. The oldest known seal, known since 1525, already shows the tower. As the tower was by then already destroyed for nearly a century, it is assumed that the seal is actually a lot older.

Seal from around 1900	The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Postal cancellation 1990

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