Last modified: 2022-09-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Schleusingen City banner]](../images/d/de-hl-sh_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
Shield Azure three towers Argent with windows Sable and bulbous spires Gules topped by weather vanes Or, in the open gate a hen statant Sable armed Gules on top of a triplemount Vert.
Meaning:
Schleusingen was first mentioned as a village in 1232, as a city in 1268. In 1291 a commandery of the Order of Saint John was established, in 1502 a Franciscan Monastery. Mayor and council are reported since the end of the 15th century. They held the low level cognisance and since 1714 also the high level cognisance. The Unterstadt (= the lower town) outside the city walls had been an independent municipality between 1460 and 1831. The local castle had been seat of administration and seat of the Counts of Henneberg from the 2nd half of the 13th century until 1583, when the kin died out. Afterwards the city had been a condominion of both branches of the Wettin kin and became a part of the Electorate of Sachsen in 1660. The arms are based on a city seal from 1430, which had been granted by Mechthild, consort of Count Heinrich XI of Henneberg. The first version displayed the arms of Baden, the kin of Mechthild.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.405-406
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
The colours of the banner are traditional. The current arms are in use since 1938.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
![[Rappelsdorf borough banner]](../images/d/de-hl-sh-rd_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
It was a yellow-black vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
Shield Sable a mermaid couchant Argent holding a mirror of the same by her dexter hand; mantle Or, at dexter charged with a sinister facing hen Sable combed Gules, at sinister charged with a millwheel Sable.
Meaning:
The hen is the heraldic animal of the Counts of Henneberg, who ruled the village for centuries. The sinister facing hen is a differentiation of the family arms of the counts. The watermill wheel is a symbol for the importance of the local watermill, which is now a monument under protection. The mermaid is chosen due to a local legend. There are several stories about a nymph in a Pond of Death (German: Totenlache) in the local legends. Hence she was chosen as a symbol of the village.
Source: Hartmut Ulle :"Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 30 June 1992.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
![[St. Kilian borough banner]](../images/d/de-hl-sh-sk_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
It was a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
Shield parted by a pale wavy Azure; at dexter parted per pale, above Or an eagle Sable armed Gules, beneath Gules an impending triplemount Or, at dexter Or a bishop statant dressed Gules with mitre of the same and holding a crozier Or by his dexter hand and a sword Argent by his sinister hand.
Meaning:
The bishop is St. Kilian, name giver of the borough. The pale wavy is a representation of the Breitenbach, a local creek. I have no information about mount and eagle.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
![[Waldau Borough banner]](../images/d/de-hl-sh-wa_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
It was a yellow-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale, at dexter Vert an eradicated fir Or, at sinister Or a hen statant Sable armed Gules on top of a triplemount Vert; beneath Or two chevrons Gules in fess.
Meaning:
The fir is a canting element, the name can be translated as meadow near the forest (German: Wald). Until 1583 the village was a possession of the Counts of Henneberg, which is symbolised by the canting family arms, consisting of a hen (German:Henne) on a mount (German: Berg). The chevrons form the initial of the municipality.
Source: Hartmut Ulle :"Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 2 September 1992.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Sep 2022
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