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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

BELGERN

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Torgau-Oschatz (until 1994 Torgau)

Origin/meaning:
Belgern received city rights around 1300 from the Counts of Meissen. The oldest seal dates from 1604 and shows a church. As supporters a knight and angel are used, holding a horn between them above the shield. Later the horn was placed in the shield and the supporters are no longer used. A small seal from 1709, however, only shows a horn. The knight and horn are taken from the Legend of Roland. The angel was a protector of the city.
When the arms were changed to the present (above right) arms, I do not know.

Literature : Bensing, et al; Lexicon Städte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Leipzig, 1985: new arms from www.belgern.de


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