Oberes Sprottental Administrative Community (Germany)

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Oberes Sprottental, Landkreis Altenburger Land, Thüringen

Last modified: 2021-04-10 by klaus-michael schneider
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Oberes Sprottental Administrative Community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Oberes Sprottental)

Municipalities without proper Flags

The community itself and the following municipalities have no proper flags: Heukewalde, Jonaswalde, Posterstein (seat) , Thonhausen and Vollmershain.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2021

Löbichau Municipality

Löbichau Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2021

Löbichau Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter parted per fess, above Gules a sunflower's blossom Or seeded fretty of Sable and Or, beneath Sable hammer and mallet Argent in saltire; at sinister Or a lion rampant Gules crowned Or and armed Sable.
Meaning:
The sunflower in the arms is symbolising agriculture. Hammer and mallet are symbolising the depletion of Uraniuam in the area between 1975 and 1990. The depletion was operated by SDAG Wismut with seat in Aue, but in fact by the Soviet Union. The depletion was stopped after German re-unificication in 1990. The lion is taken from the family arms of the Dukes of Kurland (now Estonia). The Duchess of Kurland owned a castle in the 19th century in the municipality.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2021

The arms were approved on 17 April 1996, the banner on 15 July 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2021

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