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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

SÖMMERDA

(SÖM)

State : Thüringen

Origin/meaning:
The arms were granted on December 7, 1994.

The arms show the arms of the three former territories to which most of the district belonged : Sachsen (upper right half), Thüringen (lion) and Mainz (wheel).

Literature : Linder and Olzog, 1996.


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