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Last modified: 2022-08-19 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: bad dueben | pale(blue) | lily | angel(head) |
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2022
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2022
Shield Or two pales Azure, between the pales a lily proper (i.e. green stem and leaves and white blossom), crested by a winged angel´s head and flanked by wreaths shaped like white flames.
Meaning:
Düben had been a possession of the Wettin kin since the 12th century and had been seat of a district (German: Amt) of the Electorate of Sachsen. The city arms had been those of the Margraviate of Landsberg, two blue pales on a golden shield, proven by images from 1518, 1542 and 1581. The lily as a symbol of mercy probably was added after 1648, when the city had recovered from the destructions during the 30-Years-War (1618 – 1648). The angel´s head is stressing the ecclesiastical importance of the city, which had been seat of a subdivision of the Bishopric of Meißen.
Sources:Bensing et alii 1984, pp.100-101 and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2022
The arms probably were adopted by the city council in 1705.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2022
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