Last modified: 2021-10-09 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: amt wachsenburg | ichtershausen | suelzenbruecken | wachsenburggemeinde | grain(ear) | castle | st.george | parted per pall reversed | bridge | lion(white) |
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![[Amt Wachsenburg municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ik-aw_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2021
On 31 December 2012 Wachsenburggemeinde Municipality was incorporated into Ichtershausen Municipality. The new entity was renamed soon.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2021
It is a red-white-green vertical tricolour with ratio of stripes 1:2:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Source: appendix B and §2(2) of the local Hauptsatzung, version 22 March 2021
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2021
Shield parted per pall reversed; above right Gules a nimbed knight Argent in clad armour with boots Sable, leaning on a shield Argent parted by a cross patty Gules with his left hand and holding a lance Sable with a pennant Argent, charged with a crosslet Sable, by his right hand; above left Vert an ear Argent with nine grains; beneath Argent on top of a mount issuant Vert a castle Argent with port and windows Sable and roofs Gules.
Meaning:
The knight is taken from the arms of the former Ichtershausen Municipality, ear and castle, name giver of the municipality, from the arms of the former Wachsenburggemeinde Municipality.
Source: appendix A and §2(1) of the local Hauptsatzung, version 22 March 2021
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2021
The arms were approved in 2013, the banner in 2021.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2021
![[Ichtershausen village banner]](../images/d/de-ik-aw-ih_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2021
It was a red-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2021
Shield Gules; a knight Argent in clad armour nimbed Sable leaning on a shield Argent (realised as grey) parted by a cross patty Argent (realised as white) with his left hand and holding a lance Sable with a pennant Sable, charged with a crosslet Argent, by his right hand; in sinister chief a crayfish Argent in pale.
Meaning:
The knight is St. George. In 1147 a Cistercian Nunnery was established. The start of construction of its church, dedicated to St. George, was in 1133. The church is still a landmark of the municipality. The saint is known from municipal seals since the 16th century. The colours of armour, pennant and shield changed various times. Otto Hupp (1925) displayed the saint with an additional golden 8-point star, which was replaced by the crayfish not before 1990. The meaning of crayfish and star is not known.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2021
![[Sülzenbrücken village banner]](../images/d/de-ik-aw-su_.gif)
5:2
image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Oct 2021
It was a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top in the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2021
Shield Azure a throughout bridge Or masoned Sable with one arch, charged with a crozier issuant of the same; on chief a lion passant Argent, crowned, armed and tongued Or.
Meaning:
The lion and the tinctures blue and yellow are referring to the Counts of Gleichen, local rulers in the past. The crozier is referring to St.Willibald, who had been inaugurated as bishop of Eichstätt in Sülzenbrücken in 742. On this occasion the village was first mentioned. The bridge (German: Brücke) is a canting element. The tinctures blue and yellow are also symbolising the cultivation of woad (Latin: Isatis tinctoria). The plant is from the same family as rapeseed, has yellow blossoms and is base for a blue pigment.
Source: village webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2021
Banner and arms were designed in 1992 but never approved officially, as the municipality had been incorporated into Wachsenburggemeinde already in 1994. But both were adopted unofficially in 2017 on occasion of the 1275-years-anniversary and are in use since then.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2021
![[Wachsenburggemeinde village banner]](../images/d/de-ik-aw-wg_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Oct 2021
It was a green-yellow-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes 2:9:2. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top in the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2021
Shield Sable a mount issuant Vert, topped by a castle Argent with windows Sable and roofs Gules, in sinister chief five grain ears Or in fess.
Meaning:
The castle is the name giving Wachsenburg. The grain ears are representing the five villages, which formed the municipality. Those were Bittstädt, Haarhausen, Holzhausen, Röhrensee and Sülzenbrücken. It is the only German municipality, which contains municipality (German: Gemeinde) in its proper name. The municipality was established in 1994 and dissolved in 2012.
Source: i>Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Langensalza, 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 16 Oct 1998 and abolished on 31 December 2012.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2021
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