Last modified: 2022-12-10 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Reinsdorf municipal banner]](../images/d/de-zw-rd_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Dec 2022
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with centred coat of arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2022
Shield Azure a beehive Or on top of a stomp of the same surrounded by 43 bees of the same.
Meaning:
Beehive and bees are symbolising the diligence of the local farmers. The pattern is known since 1748, but the papers describing the arms had been incomplete. At the beginning of the 20th century there had been attempts, to replace the pattern by symbols of mining and agriculture. The Main State Archive in Dresden refused those attempts, as the oldest known pattern should always be included.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2022
The banner was approved in 1999. The arms were adopted in 1914 by the local council and confirmed by Minister of Interior of Sachsen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2022
![[Vielau village banner]](../images/d/de-zw-rd-vi_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2022
It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2022
Shield parted per fess; above Argent between two mountains Vert an oak of the same trunked Sable accompanied by three birds volant Sable; beneath parted per fess, at dexter Argent hammer and mallet Sable in saltire, at sinister rake and scythe Sable in saltire.
Meaning:
The lower half is symbolising mining, represented by hammer and mallet, and agriculture, represented by rake and scythe, as main business lines. The upper half is derived from the old village seal, which displayed two oaks between rocks. The oaks are referring to the Eichelberg (=mount of oaks). The mounts had been depicted as two bunches of rocks, referring to the local stone quarries. In Vielau green and red jasper had been depleted. The birds are alluding to the three swans in the city arms of Zwickau. They are symbolising that the city of Zwickau bought a local estate in 1608 and gained also the local high level cognisance.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 24 March 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2022
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