Unterwellenborn Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Unterwellenborn, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolfstadt, Thüringen

Last modified: 2021-07-17 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: unterwellenborn | goszwitz | kamsdorf | koenitz | firs(3) | hammer and mallet | lozenges(2) | eagle(black) | castle | waves(red) |
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• Unterwellenborn Municipality
• Unterwellenborn Banner
• Unterwellenborn Coat of Arms


• Goßwitz Village
• Goßwitz Banner
• Goßwitz Coat of Arms


• Kamsdorf Village
• Kamsdorf Banner
• Kamsdorf Coat of Arms


• Könitz Village
• Könitz Banner
• Könitz Coat of Arms


• Unterwellenborn Village
• Unterwellenborn old Banner
• Unterwellenborn old Coat of Arms

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Unterwellenborn Municipality

Unterwellenborn Banner

It is a green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:1:1. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2021

Unterwellenborn Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above three firs issuant from a fess Vert charged with a fess wavy Argent; beneath parted per pale, at dexter Gules hammer and mallet Argent in saltire, at sinister Argent two lozenges Gules in fess the outer one being smaller.
Meaning:
The firs are representing the wooded settlement cores in the local heather landscape. The fess wavy is representing the potable water reservoir near Langenschade. Hammer and mallet are the symbols of mining and are also representing the iron ore smelting in Maxhütte. The lozenges are taken from the arms of the Lords of Könitz and are representing the namesake village.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 8 March 2007.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2021

Goßwitz Village

Goßwitz Banner

It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:1:1. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Goßwitz Coat of Arms

Shield parted by a fess wavy Azure fimbriated Argent at its bottom; above Argent a demi-eagle issuant Sable, armed and tongued Or; bneath Gules a beech twig Or with a beechnut between two leaves.
Meaning:
The eagle in the upper half is the Prussian eagle, symbolising that Goßwitz was a Prussian possession until 1945, the local council used a seal with the Prussian eagle since 1815. Twig and beechnut are canting elements, representing the village of Buchwitz (Buche=beech), and were also used on the village seal from the 19th century. The wavy division line and blue bar are representing the village of Saalthal, which is located alongside the Hohenwarte Lake.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 10 May 1995 and abolished on 31 January 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Kamsdorf Village

Kamsdorf Banner

It is a white-black vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Kamsdorf Coat of Arms

Shield Argent an eagle Sable armed and tongued Gules, issuant from base a mount Gules, charged with hammer and mallet Argent in saltire, superimposed by a grain ear in pale of the same.
Meaning:
The village historically belonged to Preußen. The eagle thus is a modification of that one of Preußen (Prussia). The red mount is representing local Roter Berg (English: red mountain). Grain ear and tools are taken from the old seal of Großkamsdorf and symbolising agriculture and mining.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 4 January 1993 and abolished on 31 January 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Könitz Village

Könitz Banner

It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:1:1. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top in the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Könitz Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, on top of a mount issuant Vert a castle Argent masoned Sable with roofs Gules and windows Sable.
Meaning:
The castle is a representation of the local Könitz Castle.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 9 January 1995 and abolished on 31 January 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Unterwellenborn Village

Unterwellenborn old Banner

It is a red-white-blue vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Unterwellenborn old Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess wavy; above Argent four barrulets wavy Gules; beneath Azure a stick in bend, a fork in pale and a crook in bend sinister, all Argent and connected.
Meaning:
The waves (German: Wellen) may be canting and might also represent the incorporated municipalities of Birkigt, Goßwitz, Könitz and Lausnitz, which belonged to the administrative community of Unterwellenborn, which had been dissolved on 31 January 2006. The tools in the lower half might refer to the former local ironworks.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

Banner and arms were abolished on 31 January 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2021

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