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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Ohrdruf city flag]](../images/d/de-gh-oh.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Dec 2019
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It is a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
, 17 Dec 2019
![[Ohrdruf city banner]](../images/d/de-gh-oh_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Dec 2019
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The arms are shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2019
Shield Azure, issuant from base an angel, winged and dressed Argent, nimbed and girded Or, holding a pair of scales Or in his left hand and a sword Argent hilted Or in bend sinister in his right hand.
Meaning:
The angel is St. Michael, recognisable by his attributes sword and scales. The arms are based on the first seals displaying the angel, which appeared after the Protestant Reformation in Germany. Saint Boniface began his proselitisation of Thuringia in 724, when he founded a hermitage, dedicated to St. Michael, near the current city of Ohrdruf.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, p.334
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2019
![[Crawinkel borough banner]](../images/d/de-gh-oh-cw_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Mar 2021
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top in the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
Shield parted enhanced per chevron of Gules and Or, above right a 6-spokes wheel Argent, above left a millstone Argent, in base a horse forcene Sable.
Meaning:
The division of the shield is canting, a "Winkel" is a corner. In the village historically horse breeding was an important profession, and many inhabitants were coachmen, symbolised by the horse and the wheel. The millstone is symbolising a local millstone factory in the town.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3 , Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 10 December 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
![[Gräfenhain borough banner]](../images/d/de-gh-oh-gn_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Mar 2021
It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
Shield Or, a rooster passant Sable, combed and armed Gules between two firs Vert, all on top of a mount issuant Vert charged with a bar wavy Argent.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the old seal of the village, which showed a rooster on a hill. The rooster is a punning element, as the settlement was established by forest clearance in the 12th century as Gräfenhahn (= the rooster of the count), probably derived from Grafenhain (= the hague of the count). The settlement had first been a possession of the Counts of Gleichen. In 1938 two trees were added on the local seal. They are referring to the local forests. The bend wavy was added later representing the many rivers and creeks in the municipality.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3 , Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
The arms were confirmed on 4 August 1998.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
![[Wölfis borough banner]](../images/d/de-gh-oh-wf_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Mar 2021
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
Shield parted of Sable and Argent, at dexter a sinister facing wolf rampant Argent armed Gules, at sinister Argent a millrind Sable, chief Gules parted by two chevrons reversed Argent in fess.
Meaning:
The wolf is a canting element. The millrind is a symbol for the historical tradition of masonry and construction in the village, as well as for the development of the municipality. The chevrons together form the letter "W", the borough's initial.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2 , Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 20 December 1991.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
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