Last modified: 2021-09-25 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: ilmenauf | frauenwald | gehren | langewiesen | moehrenbach | stuetzerbach | wolfsberg | buecheloh | graefinau-angstedt | wuembach | hen | eagle | tower | savage | spruce | demi-wolf | wheel | attire |
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![[Ilmenau city flag]](../images/d/de-ik-ia.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 29 July 2021
It is a white-green horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
![[Ilmenau city flag 1941]](../images/d/de-ik-ia41.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
It was a white horizontal monocolour with centred old arms.
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
Shield Argent, between two impending towers Gules with roofs Azure an inescutcheon quartered, 1st and 4th quarter Or a double headed eagle Sable issuant from a fess chequered of Argent and Gules and topped by an impending crown Or, 2nd and 3rd quarter Or a hen Sable on top of a triplemount issuant Vert, shield crested by a frond Vert with nine leaves.
Meaning:
Ilmenau was first mentioned in 1273 and was a dominion of the Counts of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg. In 1290 the local moated castle was destroyed. After 1300 a new castle and settlement were built. The settlement was called a city since 1341. Both were sold to the Counts of Henneberg in 1344 and inherited by the Dukes of Sachsen-Weimar in 1661. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the famous German poet and minister of the government in Weimar, promoted the city since 1779. The inescutcheon displays the actual canting family arms of the Counts of Henneberg in the 2nd and 3rd quarter, eagle and crown in the other quarters are alluding to their function as imperial reeves, the chequered fess to their function as Burgraves of Würzburg. The towers were added onto the local seals after Ilmenau had gained city rights. The frond is representing the nine villages, which belonged to the historical Ilmenau district (German: Amt).
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.206-207
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
On base Vert with two paths Or between two towers Gules a shield quartered, 1st and 4th quarter Or a double headed eagle Sable issuant from a fess chequered of Sable and Gules and topped by an impending crown Or, 2nd and 3rd quarter Or a hen Sable on top of a triplemount issuant Vert, shield crested by a frond Vert with nine leaves.
Source: D.J.M. Rühl and Alfred Starke: "Europäische Städtewappen, 1. Abteilung, Wappen von 500 Städten Deutschlands", Leipzig 1929, plate 23, row 3, column 3
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2021
Flag, banner and arms were adopted by the local council. The pattern was published in §2 of the local Hauptsatzung, version 6 August 2003.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
![[Frauenwald borough banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-fw_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
It was a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: §2(2) of local Hauptsatzung
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Vert a Premonstratensian nun statant Argent, capped and gowned and holding e fleur-de-lis by her right hand; at sinister Argent an eradicated spruce.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, displaying a woman (German: Frau) and a tree, representing a forest (German: Wald). The woman is dressed like a nun, because the village developed around a Premonstratensian convent after 1323, recognisable by the fleur-de-lis held in front of the woman. The green colour also is symbolising the forest.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA §2(1) of local Hauptsatzung and Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 5 January 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
![[Gehren flag]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-ge.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
It was a green-black horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: §2(2) of the local Hauptsatzung, version 29 October 1993
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
![[Gehren banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-ge_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
It was a green-black horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: §2(2) of the local Hauptsatzung, version 29 October 1993
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
Shield Or, on mount issuant Vert a naked savage (German: wilder Mann) with apron and coronet Vert, both made of leaves, holding an eradicated spruce proper by his left hand.
Meaning:
Meaning:
Gehren was first mentioned as a village in 1299. At the end of the 15th century it was acquired by athe Counts of Schwarzburg. It became seat of a subcounty (German: Amt) in 1564. It became a part of Schwarzburg-Rudolfstadt in 1584 and of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1599. It was residence of the Princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen between 1720 and 1740. It gained the rights of a market town in the 2nd half of the 16th century and city rights in 1855. The first local seal from the 16th century displayed probably a village mayor passant with hat, frock coat and baton. He was exchanged by the savage, who had been the supporter of the family arms of the Schwarzburg kin. The eradicated tree may refer to forest clearance in the Medieval.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.145-146
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
The arms are in use since 1855, the flag at least since 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 July 2021
![[Langewiesen borough banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-lw_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2021
It was a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue and §2(2) of local Hauptsatzung, version 25 January 2010
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
Shield Or, on top of a mount issuant Vert a female saint, crowned Or, dressed Argent, coated Gules holding a cross staff Sable in her right hand.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a city seal from the 15th century , which also displayed a crowned female figure holding a staff. The figure most likely is St. Margareth, the old patron saint of the local church. Later seals and images showed a male figure, but in 1993 the historical image was restored.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, Erfurt 1997 and §2(1) of local Hauptsatzung, version 25 January 2010
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 30 September 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
![[Möhrenbach borough banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-mb_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2021
It was a green-white-green vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
Shield parted by a pallet Argent, issuant from a base of the same exceeding to both flanches, at dexter Vert a 6-spokes wheel Or, at sinister Azure shovel and pick axe in saltire, both Argent.
Meaning:
The tinctures are representing the green nature of the Thüringer Wald, a local forest and the riches of water. The wheel is representing the importance of the road between Erfurt and Nürnberg. The tools are referring to mining of ore and silver. The white parts of the arms form a fork and are symbolising agriculture.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Bad Langensalza 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 28 February 2000.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
![[ borough banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-sb_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2021
It was a green-white-green vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
Shield Vert parted by a pale wavy Argent, at dexter an attire Argent in pale, at sinister an eradicated spruce Argent.
Meaning:
The pale wavy is representing the Lengwitz River. It is also symbolising that the municipality historically was divided among the Amt Ilmenau and the Amt Schleusingen. The attire and the spruce are symbolising the riches of forests and game in the area.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 30 July 1997.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2021
![[Wolfsberg borough banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-wo_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 July 2021
It was a black-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: §1(3) of Flaggensatzung of Wolfsberg, version 30 May 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 July 2021
Shield Or, a demi-wolf Sable issuant from a mount Vert parted by a pale Or and charged with a beech leaf Or at dexter, an oak leaf Vert on pale and a linden leaf Or at sinister.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, displaying a wolf and a mount (German: Berg). The leaves are representing the former municipality as follows, the beech leaf representing Bücheloh, the oak leaf representing Gräfinau-Angstedt and the linden leaf representing Wümbach.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, Erfurt 1997, p.18
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 July 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 8 December 1994 by Central Administration Authority (Landesverwaltungsamt) of Thüringen, abolished on 6 July 2018 and re-established as unofficial symbols on 30 May 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 July 2021
Wolfsberg was established on 6 April 1994 by a merger of the former municipalities of Bücheloh (see left image below), Gräfinau-Angstedt (see central image below) and Wümbach (see right image below). The name giving Wolfsberg is a nearby mountain.
![[Bücheloh borough banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-bu_.gif) image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
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![[Gräfinau-Angstedt borough banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-ga_.gif) image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
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![[Wümbach borough banner]](../images/d/de-ik-ia-wb_.gif) image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
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It was a yellow-green vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: §2(3) of Flaggensatzung of Wolfsberg, version 30 May 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
Shield Or, issuant from a triplemount Vert, charged with four grain ears Or, a beech Vert.
Meaning:
The beech (German: Buche) is canting. The ears are symbolising agriculture and the mount the location on the edge of the Thüringer Wald, a forest.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, Erfurt 1997, p.19
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
Banner and arms were abolished on 6 April 1994 and re-established as unofficial symbols on 30 May 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
It was a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: §2(4) of Flaggensatzung of Wolfsberg, version 30 May 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
Shield parted by a fess wavy Argent, above Azure an impending half length portrait of an angel Or, beneath Gules a crayfish passant Or.
Meaning:
The fess wavy is representing the Ilm River, crossing the municipality. The crayfish appeared already on a seal of Gräfinau from 1685, representing fishery on the river. The angel is a canting element of Angstedt, which means "angel's place".
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, Erfurt 1997, p.19
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 25 May 1993, abolished on 6 April 1994 and re-established as unofficial symbols on 30 May 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
It was a yellow-green vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: §2(2) of Flaggensatzung of Wolfsberg, version 30 May 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
Shield parted per fess, above Azure a lion passant Or, beneath Or a fess wavy Azure flanked by seven linden leaves Vert, four above and three below.
Meaning:
The blue fess wavy is a canting element, representing the name giving creek. The seven linden leaves are referring to seven lindens on an older local seal. The upper half is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Schwarzburg, who ruled the village for many centuries.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol. 2, Erfurt 1997, p.19
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
Banner and arms were abolished on 6 April 1994 and re-established as unofficial symbols on 30 May 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2021
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