Unstruttal Collective Municipality (Germany)

Verbandsgemeinde Unstruttal, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt

Last modified: 2019-05-22 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Gleina Municipality
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• Karsdorf Municipality
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• Laucha upon Unstrut City
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• Nebra upon Unstrut City
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Unstruttal Collective Municipality

Unstruttal Flag

It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2019

Unstruttal Banner

It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2019

Unstruttal Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, parted by a bend wavy Azure, in sinister chief a grapevine Vert, in dexter base a pomme scattered with a plate three crescents Argent and 17 dots Argent and a cluster of seven more dots Argent.
Meaning:
The band wavy is representing the name giving Unstrut River, the grapevine is representing the local viticulture, the pomme, a green roundel, is a representation of the Nebra sky disk, displaying a sky with sun (plate), crescents (moon?), stars (dots) and the Pleiades (cluster).
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2019

The arms were approved on 20 January 2010 by the county administration, published in Amtsblatt LVA Sachsen-Anhalt Nr. 2/2010, p. 29
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2019

Municipalities without proper Flags

The following municipalities don't have proper flags: Balgstädt and Goseck.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2019

Freyburg upon Unstrut City

Freyburg Flag

It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 May 2019

Freyburg Banner

It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 May 2019

Freyburg old Banner (until 1994)

It was a light blue and white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted to the top.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 May 2019

Freyburg Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a castle Argent with port Azure and two towers Argent with cone roofs Or.
Meaning:
The castle towers have a striking resemblance to those of the nowadays church of St. Mary. Their roofs had been red until 1994.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA and §2 of Hauptsatzung of Freyburg City, version 24 April 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 May 2019

Gleina Municipality

Gleina Flag

It is a green-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Amtsblatt LVA Sachsen-Anhalt Nr. 3/2017, appendix
Thomas Rystau, 29 Oct 2018

Gleina Banner

It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Amtsblatt LVA Sachsen-Anhalt Nr. 3/2017, appendix
Thomas Rystau, 29 Oct 2018

Gleina Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, issuant from base Vert, charged with four roses Argent seeded Vert in orle, a linden tree Vert, flanked by two triplets of billets Gules, each ordered 1:2.
Meaning:
The colours green and white are those of the local sports club. The roses are taken from the family arms of the Knights of Gleina. The linden already appeared on local seals for centuries as a symbol of the local court, held beneath the tree. The billets are alluding to the depletion of loam and the production of bricks.
Source: Amtsblatt LVA Sachsen-Anhalt Nr. 3/2017, appendix
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2019

Flag and banner were approved on 1 March 2017 by the county administration.
Source: Amtsblatt LVA Sachsen-Anhalt Nr. 3/2017, appendix
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2019

Karsdorf Municipality

Karsdorf Flag

It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: approval in ABlatt LVA Saxony-Anhalt 7/2010 from 1 September 2010
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Karsdorf Banner

It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: approval in ABlatt LVA Saxony-Anhalt 7/2010 from 1 September 2010
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2019

Karsdorf Coat of Arms

Shield Or with base wavy Azure, charged with two barrulets wavy Argent; two winegrower's mattocks Sable in saltire, flanked by two grapevines Azure leafed Vert and stemmed Sable.
Meaning:
The mattocks (German: Karsten) are a winegrowers tool in order to aerate the soil in a vineyard. They are punning elements and could be found already on old municipal seals. The grapevines are alluding to the local viticulture in the Unstrut region. The Unstrut River is symbolised by the base wavy.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2019

The arms were approved on 1 June 2010 by the county administration.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 May 2019

Laucha upon Unstrut City

Laucha Flag

It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung, version 30 August 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2019

Laucha Banner

It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung, version 30 August 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2019

Laucha Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a warrior in clad armour with coat Sable, holding a pennant Azure fixed on a pole Sable in his right hand, and leaning on a shield by his left hand, shield Azure, charged with a lion rampant double queued Or.
Meaning:
The warrior most probably is either the Bohemian King Wenzel IV the Idle (1363-1419) from the Luxemburg kin or Duke Friedrich the Belligerent, Margrave of Mei?en (1370 - 1428). The former was also German King of the Holy Roman Empire from 1376 until his degradation in 1400. He granted city rights to Laucha in 1392. These rights were improved by the latter in 1409. The current arms display a shield with the Bohemian double queued lion but not in the tinctures of the Bohemeian arms. Otto Hupp (1925) displayed the warrior without helmet, a different pennant (parted of red and yellow) and the arms of the Margraviate of Mei?en on the shield. A local stamp from 1892 displays the warrior crowned, but it is unrecognisable whether it is a royal crown or just an elector's coronet. The city's website displays the arms with a mural crown Argent with three visible towers and a gate Or. This mural crown however is not mentioned in the local Hauptsatzung.
Sources: city webpage, German WIKIPEDIA, Ralf Hartemink's webpage and §2(1) of Hauptsatzung, version 30 August 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 May 2019

Nebra upon Unstrut City

Nebra Flag

It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider,14 May 2019

Nebra Banner

It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider,14 May 2019

Nebra Coat of Arms

A saint in armour Or, riding a horse salient Argent brisled Or and killing a dragon Vert in base by his lance Or.
Meaning:
The saint is St. George, the local patron saint. The pattern already appeared on local seals from the 16th century and has remained basically the same since then, only having changed in details.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider,14 May 2019

The arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,14 May 2019

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