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Sondershausen City (Germany)

Stadt Sondershausen, Kyffhäuserkreis, Thüringen

Last modified: 2022-10-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Sondershausen city banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022
  • Sondershausen City

    • Schernberg Borough

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      Sondershausen City

      Sondershausen Banner

      It is a blue-yellow-red vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
      Source: this online catalogue
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      Sondershausen Coat of Arms

      Shield Argent an attire Gules with 12 tips, between the antlers an inescutcheon Azure charged with a crowned lion rampant Or tongued Gules.
      Meaning:
      The settlement wa first mentioned in 1125. It had been a possession of the Archbishopric of Mainz probably since around 1100. It was ruled by vassals of the archbishopric, those had been the Landgraves of Thüringen since 1211 followed by the Counts of Hohnstein. In 1356 it was acquired by the Counts of Schwarzburg. From 1571 until 1697 it had been seat of the county and later of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen until 1918. Sondershausen was mentioned as a town in 1304 and had a local council since 1341, which gained the low-level-cognisance. The meanwhile walled city was extended to east and west by the Neustadt (= new town) in the 14th century. Sondershausen was home of the world wide known Loh Orchestra, a successor of the local music school, established in 1801. Max Bruch, Hermann Abendroth and Max Reger worked here. In the 19th century the city was again extended to the west by the new Karlstadt Borough. During the 20th century the depletion of potash had been the main business line. The attire is taken from the arms of the Lords of Sondershausen, local manorial lords. Castle and lordship were ruled by the Counts of Hohnstein since 1260. The counts put their family arms, a shield chequered of Gules and Argent, between the antlers of the lords. The inescutcheon was replaced by the arms of Schwarzburg in 1356. In the early 20th century the lion was put between the antlers and the background tincture had been blue. Sondershausen is the seat of Kyffhäuserkreis.
      Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.426-427
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      Banner and arms are are traditional.
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      Schernberg Borough

      Schernberg Banner

      [Schernberg borough banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      It was a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
      Source: this online catalogue
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      Schernberg Coat of Arms

      Shield Vert, seven 6-point stars Argent ordered 1:4:2; mantled, at dexter Or a pair of scissors Sable, at sinister Argent a linden leaf Vert.
      Meaning:
      The scissors (German: Schere) are canting and referring to the Lords of Schernberg, local rulers first mentioned in 1203. The stars are representing the former municipalities of Schernberg proper, Immenrode, Hohenebra, Thalebra, Kleinberndten, Großberndten and Straußberg, which merged on 10 June 1992 and formed an administrative community, which was incorporated into Sondershausen City on 1 December 2007. The leaf is referring to the Hainleite, a mountain ridge covered by woods. It is also assumed that Schernberg Castle had been on its top.
      Source: German WIKIPEDIA
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      Banner and arms were abolished on 1 December 2007.
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      Stockhausen Borough

      Stockhausen Banner

      [Stockhausen borough banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      It was a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
      Source: this online catalogue
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      Stockhausen Coat of Arms

      Shield parted per pale of Azure and Argent, over all three crescents recumbent reversed Or in pale.
      Meaning:
      The arms display the shield of the crew of the local estate, a farm freed from compulsory labour, but obliged to support the liege lord with horses, when needed. That kind of estate in Germany was called Sattelhof (literally: saddle farmyard). The arms are a differentiation of the family arms of the Lords of Stockhausen, a branch of the Schwarzburg kin. The shield had been the same, but it was crested by a helm with golden and blue scarves and another crescent on top.
      Source: Alamy.de (image188772990)
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

      Banner and arms were abolished on 1 July 1950.
      Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Oct 2022

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