Last modified: 2018-11-22 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: bitterfeld-wolfen | bitterfeld | wolfen | flask | sun | wheat(ear) | water-lily(leaf) | roll film | hammer and mallet | tower | inescutcheon |
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![[City of Bitterfeld-Wolfen flag]](../images/d/de-al-bw.gif)
3:5 image by Thomas Rystau, 7 Sep 2018
It is a yellow over blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2018
![[City of Bitterfeld-Wolfen banner]](../images/d/de-al-bw_.gif)
5:2 image by Thomas Rystau, 22 Nov 2018
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms, shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2018
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Argent a round bottom flask Gules; 2nd quarter Azure a radiant sun Or; 3rd quarter Azure, five wheat ears issuant Or in fan; 4th quarter Argent three water-lily leaves Gules ordered 2:1; base Sable charged with hammer and mallet Argent.
Meaning:
Hammer and mallet are symbolising mining, the flask iis representing chemical industries. Both are the base of economic development in the region. Both charges are also representing Wolfen and are taken from its former arms. The radiant sun is symbolising solar industries - an energy form of the future; furthermore heat, life, growth and modern technology. It appeared also on the arms of the incorporated municipality of Thalheim. Before the increase of mining the region had a rural character. The wheat ears are stressing this character and are also representing the five former entities forming the nowadays city: Bitterfeld, Wolfen, Greppin, Holzweißig and Thalheim. The water-lily leaves are the family arms of the Counts of Brehna. They also appear in the arms of the former municipalities of Bitterfeld and Greppin.
The arms were drafted by heraldrist Lutz Döring
Source: information provided by Thomas Rystau and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2018
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 15 February 2008 by Anhalt-Bitterfeld County
Source: approval dade, published in Amtsblatt of the county 4/2008
Thomas Rystau, 13 Aug 2018
![[City of Bitterfeld flag]](../images/d/de-al-bw-bi.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Jan 2007
It is a red over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 25 Jan 2007
![[Bitterfeld city banner]](../images/d/de-al-bw-bi_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Jan 2007
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 25 Jan 2007
![[Bitterfeld city CoA]](../images/d/de-al-bw-bi).gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Jan 2007
Shield Argent, a tower Gules with port and windows Argent and a cone roof Vert, topped by a crosslet Gules, the tower standing on a mount Vert issuant from base. The tower is flanked by two inescutcheons, at dexter barry of ten of Sable and Or charged with a crancelin Vert, at sinister Argent charged with three leaves of water lily ordered 2:1
Meaning:
The tower probably is stressing the rank of a city. The inescutcheons display the arms of Saxony (dexter) and the Counts of Brehna (sinister)
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Sep 2018
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 14 February 2000.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Sep 2018
Wolfen has 40,000 inhabitants and is part of Bitterfeld-Wolfen city.
Stefan Schwoon, 4 June 2008
![[City of Wolfen flag]](../images/d/de-al-bw-wo.gif)
3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 4 June 2001
The flag is black-yellow with the arms in the centre. The colours of the stripes are not derived from the arms, but are a reference to Saxony-Anhalt.
Source: this online catalogue
Stefan Schwoon, 4 June 2001
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Or a round bottom flask of the same fimbriated Sable; 2nd quarter Azure two wheat ears Or in fess; 3rd quarter Azure piece of a roll film Argent; 4th quarter Or hammer and mallet in saltire Sable
Meaning:
The charges in the arms stand for the industries located in the city: 1) a round bottom flask for chemical industry, 2) wheat ears for agriculture, 3) part of a film roll for ORWO, a trade mark for films, also available in West Germany, hammer and mallet for mining.
Source: Günther 1996b
Stefan Schwoon, 4 June 2001 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2018
The arms were approved on 24 January 1995.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Sep 2018
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