Bad Berka

BAD BERKA

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Weimarer Land
Additions: 1993 Tannroda; 2008 Gutendorf

Official blazon
German	In Blau eine aus einem grünen Hügel wachsende goldene Palme mit goldenen Früchten und grünen Wedeln, beseitet von je einem goldenen Berg, deren rechter mit einer goldenen Burg gekrönt ist; hinter der Palme ein kleiner goldener Berg.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are most likely derived from the canting arms of the so-called Order of the Palm tree (Palmenorden). The Order, also named Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft, which had its seat in nearby Weimar, was a society of poets and scientist, with as aim to promote the purity of the German language. The Order was founded in Weimar in 1617 and the palm tree appears in the seal of Bad Berka in 1674. The ruin is the ruin of the castle of the Counts of Berka.

The municipal stamp shown in 1892	Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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