Mühlberg upon Elbe City (Germany)

Stadt Mühlberg an der Elbe, Landkreis Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-04-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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Mühlberg upon Elbe City

Mühlberg Flag

It is a black over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2019

Mühlberg Banner

It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2019

Mühlberg Coat of Arms

Shield Sable, a double queued lion rampant guardant Or, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The first local rulers had been the Lords of Eilenburg as vassals of the Margaves of Meißen from the Wettin kin. They ruled the region since the 2nd half of the 12th century. The settlement was established at a crossing of the Elbe River around 1200 and called a town in 1230. The lords founded the Cistercian nunnery of Güldenstern in 1228 and established the Neustadt (New Town) in the middle of the 13th century. Mühlberg got a mint and gained city rights in 1292. In 1330 both towns became a possession of the Lords of Querfurt and 1346 both towns were united. German Emperor Karl IV, also being King of Bohemia bought the city in 1347. But in 1422 the Margraviate of Meißen regained the city. From 1559 until 1570 it became the residence of the last Bishop of Meißen. Finally in 1815 it became a dominion of Prussia.
A city seal from around 1370 had the circumscription "MVHLBERGENSIUM REGNI BOHEMIE FIDELIUM" (= the loyal Mühlberg of the King of Bohemia). Thus the double queued lion probably is derived from the Bohemian lion, but the tinctures were changed. Before the approval of the current pattern the lion usually had been simply rampant, although a city stamp from 1892 displayed him already as rampant guardant.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA, Ralf Hartemink's webpage and Blaschke et alii 1979, p.301
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2019

The arms were approved on 15 July 2002.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2019

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