Last modified: 2021-04-17 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: dermbach | diedorf(rhoen) | stadtlengsfeld | urnshausen | cross(black) | fish | crancelin | tower | st.margaret | plough |
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![[Dermbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-wk-de_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Apr 2021
It is a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
Shield parted per pile embowed reversed, above Gules a sinister facing fish Argent scaled Or, beneath right barry of ten of Sable and Or a crancelin Vert, bneath left Argent parted by a cross Sable.
Meaning:
Fish and mount are displaying the arms of the the historical Amt Fischbach, to which the area belonged, and had been displayed as municipal arms in 1986. Beneath right are the arms of the Kingdom of Sachsen, beneath left those of the Fulda Abbey. Both ruled a part of the municipality for centuries.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 17 January 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
![[Diedorf village banner]](../images/d/de-wk-de-dd_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Apr 2021
It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
Shield abased parted per fess, above Vert an embattled tower Argent masoned Sable with window Sable and flames of Or and Gules on top of its embattlements, flanked by a jug Or with froth Argent at dexter and an embowed trout haurient Argent at sinister; beneath Argent, three fish Gules ordered 2:1, the pair above sinister facing.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 25 July 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
![[Stadtlengsfeld village banner]](../images/d/de-wk-de-sl.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
Shield Argent, a female saint dressed Azure with fair hair, leaning on a shield Argent divided by a Latin cross Sable, pushing a cross-staff Sable into the throat of a dragon Vert in base.
Meaning:
The area was ruled by commissionaires of the Fulda Abbey since 1136. The local castle had been a fiefdom of Fulda since 1235. The vassals (name not mentioned) sold setlement and castle to the abbey in 1326. In 1359 the settlement gained the rights of a market town and was walled. The city became a part of the Kingdom of Westphalia, a French puppet state, in 1806 and of the Grand Duchy of Sachsen Weimar in 1816. The city was incorporated into neighbouring Dermbach Municipality on 1 January 2019.
The female saint is St. Margaret of Antioch, recognisable by the dragon, but without crown and the staff in her false hand, probably an error of the seal maker. The saint appeared already on a seal from the 17th century but probably even earlier. The shield displays the arms of the Fulda Abbey. The pattern changed various times in details.
Source: Blaschke et alii 1979, p.431
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
The arms are known since the 13th century.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
![[Urnshausen village banner]](../images/d/de-wk-de-ur_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
Shield parted per fess, above Vert a plough Argent, beneath Argent divided by a cross Sable, on 1st quarter one disc Gules, on 2nd quarter two discs Gules, all parted by concentric circles Sable.
Meaning:
The plough is stressing the rural character. The cross is representing the local church with its hightower, a local landmark. The discs are referring to Urnshausen proper, Bernshausen and the hamlet of Hartschwinden. Furthermore the are referring to archaeological excavations, which took place in 1961. Among others three Celtic discs made of bronze with circles as raised details had been found there.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998, p.106
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 9 June 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021
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