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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

BERKA/WERRA

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Wartburgkreis (until 1994 Eisenach)

Origin/meaning:
The new arms of Berka/Werra are shown below and show


The arms with the three towers were granted at the same time as the city rights in 1847. The three towers first appear on a seal since the 17th century, with the middle tower slightly higher. Since the early 19th century the three towers are of equal height. The small crosses are seen as a symbol of the Abbey of Hersfeld, to which the town belonged for a long time.

Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s in different colours:

From 1972-1990 the city used arms divided, with in the upper part the three towers on a hill, and below in the third quarter a crossed hammer and sickle and in the fourth quarter a wavy bar, for the Werra river. I have no picture of these arms.

Literature : Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Benzing et al, 1984; Ulle, 1998


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