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|align="center"|[[File:oelsnitzez1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:oelsnitzez1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:oelsnitzez2.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:olsnitz.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:olsnitz.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) |
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OELSNITZ/ERZGEBIRGE
State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Erzgebirgskreis (until 2008 {Stollberg)
Additions : 1999 Neuwürschnitz
Origin/meaning
The arms were adopted in 1924 when the town received city rights. The arms show a miner, as mining was the main activity in the area at the time. Previously the local seals showed miner's tools. The trees are a canting element, the name is derived from the Czech word Olše, or elder.
 Seal from around 1900 |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
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Literature : Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Benzing et al, 1984