Bernterode bei Heiligenstadt

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BERNTERODE BEI HEILIGENSTADT

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Eichsfeld

Official blazon

(de) In Grün ein silberner Mann mit Hut, der mit einem silbernen Hammer einen schwarzen Keil in einen silbernen Baustamm treibt, rechts oben begleitet von einem silbernen Buchenzweig mit fünf Blättern.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 4, 1995.

The arms show a canting symbol; the name can be explained as the area cleared (roden) by Bernhard. The beech branch in the arms symbolises the beech forests surrounding the village. The composition appeared for the first time on a seal from the 1950s.