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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

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State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Erzgebirgskreis (until 2008 Aue-Schwarzenberg)
Additions : 1897 Zelle; 1922 Klösterlein, Niederpfannenstiel; 1929 Alberode; 1930 Auerhammer; 1937 Brünlasberg

Origin/meaning:
The meaning or origin of these arms is not known. The two bridges first appear in 1629 on a painting. In 1635 the two bridges also appear on the seal of the city.

Seal from around 1900

The arms as shown in the Coffee Hag albums from the 1920s

Literature : Bensing et al., 1984; Kaffee Hag picture albums, 1920s

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