Tharandt City (Germany)

Stadt Tharandt, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Sachsen

Last modified: 2022-11-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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Tharandt City

Tharandt Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2022

Tharandt Coat of Arms

Shield Gules chausse Vert with a narrowing fimbriation Argent, in chief a ruin Argent with a gate in Romanic style, in both flanches an attire with eight points of the same in pale.
Meaning:
The attires are symbolising the riches of wildlife in the Tharandt Wood. The ruin is representing that one of Tharandt Castle and other monuments as well. The fimbriation is symbolsing the Kerbtal, a local valley.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 1 January 2002.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2022

Tharandt Borough

Tharandt Borough Banner

It was a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2022

Tharandt Borough Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Gules with base Vert and a ruin Argent between trees Vert, beneath Argent a pomegranate proper with one open fruit and four leaves.
Meaning:
Tharandt had been a castle of the Margraves of Meißen, first mentioned in 1216. It became a base of peopling in the Tharandt Wood and was seat of a reeve of the margraves in the 14th century. Beneath the castle in the 15th century a little town developed, first mentioned as Granaten in 1482. The town gained city rights in 1609 together with mayor, council and low level cognisance. In 1792 mineral springs were discovered and the city became a spa. In 1811 a school for forestry was founded, which became a governmental Academy of Forestry in 1816. The local castle, built in 1473, decayed after 1568, when the seat of a local district was transferred from Tharandt to Grillenburg. The upper half of the arms displays the remains of that castle. The pomegranate (German: Granatapfel or simply Granat) is canting and alluding to the old name of Tharandt.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.457-458
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2022

The arms were confirmed in 1953 by the city council.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Nov 2022

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