Schiefergebirge Administrative Community (Germany)

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schiefergebirge , Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolfstadt, Thüringen

Last modified: 2021-06-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Schiefergebirge Administrative Community / Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schiefergebirge


• Gräfenthal City
• Gräfenthal Banner
• Gräfenthal Coat of Arms


• Lehesten City
• Lehesten Banner
• Lehesten Coat of Arms


• Probstzella Municipality
• Probstzella Banner
• Probstzella Coat of Arms
• Marktgölitz Village
• Marktgölitz Banner
• Marktgölitz Coat of Arms

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Schiefergebirge Administrative Community / Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Schiefergebirge

The community has no proper banner.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Gräfenthal City

Gräfenthal Banner

It is a red-yellow-blue vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Gräfenthal Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Gules a female Moor issuant Sable, dressed Or with turban of the same, beneath Or a lion salient Sable, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The female Moor was part of the crest of the family arms of the marshals, later Counts of Pappenheim, who had been manorial lords of the city between 1348 and 1621. The lion is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Orlamünde, who ruled the city between 1337, or earlier, and 1426, when the city was acquired by the Saxonian electorate.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.163-164
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

The arms were granted on 7 April 1477 by Konrad of Pappenheim. The flag colours are in use since 1941, probably also earlier.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Lehesten City

Lehesten Banner

It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Lehesten Coat of Arms

Shield Or surrounded by brown framework, a stylised eradicated fir Vert .
Meaning:
Lehesten belonged to the Saalfeld Abbey and gained city rights in 1651. Due to the secularisation of the abbey Lehesten was acquired by the Counts of Mansfeld in 1526 and by the Electorate of Sachsen in 1532 and had afterwards been a possession of other Saxonian duchies. Finally in 1920 it became a part of Sachsen-Meiningen. The fir appears first on a city seal from the 17th century. The fir probably is canting, as the city belonged to the Lichtentanne Parish. The English translation of the name would be "light fir".
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.248-249
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Probstzella Municipality

Probstzella Banner

It is a yellow-black vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Probstzella Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter Gules a nimbed saint statant Or, holding a palm frond Or by his left hand and a gridiron Sable in bend by his right hand; at sinister Or a lion rampant Sable, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The lion is taken as a symbol for the different rulers, to whom the village historically belonged. These had been the Dukes of Sachsen-Meiningen and the Counts of Orlamünde. Both family arms displayed a black lion. St. Lawrence, shown in the right half, is the patron saint of the village, recognisable by his atribute the gridiron, and is representing also the Saalfeld Abbey, to which the local parish belonged.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 24 January 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Marktgölitz Village

Banner

It is a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Coat of Arms

Shield parted by a bar Vert charged with a barrulet wavy Argent; above Or a lion rampant issuant Sable, armed an tongued Or; beneath parted per pale, at dexter Sable hammer and mallet Argent in saltire, at sinister Argent a 6-spokes wheel Vert.
Meaning:
The black lion in the upper half is taken from the arms of the Counts of Orlamünde and the Margraves of Meißen, who in historical times ruled the area. The barrulet wavy is symbolising the name giving Gölitz River. The miner's tools are referring to the depletion of slate in the past. The wheel is symbolising the position on the main road to Nürnberg.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 4 October 1995 and abolished on 15 March 2004.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2021

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