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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Langenorla municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ls-01-la_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
The community consists of 13 municipalities, seat is Oppurg Municipality.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
The community itself and the following municipalities have no proper flags: Döbritz, Gertewitz, Grobengereuth, Lausnitz near Neustadt upon Orla, Nimritz, Oberoppurg, Oppurg, Quaschwitz and Solkwitz.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
![[Bodelwitz municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ls-01-bw_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 31 Oct 2022
It is a black-white vertical bicolour with centred coat of arms. Above the shield in a white rectangle with black edges is an inscription in black Gothic letters "Bodelwitz".
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
Shield Argent an eagle Sable armed and tongued Or.
Meaning:
The arms appeared first after 1930 as decorations in the local town hall, have however never been approved officially. The eagle most likely is a differentiation of the Prussian eagle, as the municipality belonged to the Kingdom of Preußen between 1815 and 1945.
Source: Hartmut Ulle :"Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997, p.34
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 9 August 1991.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
Shield parted per pale; at dexter Argent an eagle Sable couped per pale armed Gules with a wolf head Or tongued Gules; at sinister parted per fess, above paly dancetty of Gules and Argent, beneath Azure a bend sinister wavy Or.
Meaning:
The eagle with wolf head had been the main charge of the family arms of the Lords of Orla, who founded the village. The upper sinister half is derived from the family arms of the local Lords of Boes and the three tips are also symbolising the former municipalities of Langenorla proper, Kleindembach and Langendembach. The bend sinister wavy is a representation of the Orla River and its confluences.
Source: Hartmut Ulle :"Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997, p.38
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 12 October 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
![[Weira municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ls-01-we_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
It is a yellow-green-yellow vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
Shield Or chapé embowed Vert, on base charged with a spruce issuant Vert, on dexter chief with a sinister facing horse head Or, on sinister chief with hammer and mallet Or in saltire, above accompanied by a Latin crosslet Or.
Meaning:
The horse head is alluding to the fact that the area had been populated already in prehistorical times. Prehistorical horseshoes had been found in the area. The spruce is taken from a local village seal from 1768 and is also a representation of the tree planted by Grandduchess Maria Paulowna in 1864. Th tree still existed in 1997. Hammer and mallet are symbolising local copper mining in the past. The crosslet is alluding to St. Anne, patron saint of miners, and to the chapel in Krobitz, dedicated to her.
Source: Hartmut Ulle :"Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997, p.47
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 1 February 1995 by LVA Thüringen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
![[Wernburg municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ls-01-wg_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
Shield parted per fess, above Or three deciduous trees Vert in fess, beneath Gules a pair of wings Argent, over all on heart point an inescutcheon Vert charged with a double chevron Or.
Meaning:
The inescutcheon simply dispalys the initial of the municipality. The trees are taken from an old village seal. The wings are taken from the family arms of the Lords of Erffa, who owned an estate in the village.
Source: Hartmut Ulle :"Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997, p.47
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 24 January 1995 by LVA Thüringen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
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