Biesenthal

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BIESENTHAL

State : Brandenburg
District (Kreis) : Barnim (until 1994 Bernau)
Amt : Amt Biesenthal-Barnim

Official blazon

German	In Silber eine bezinnte und gequaderte rote Burg zwischen deren zwei bezinnten, mit spitzen, geschindelten Dächern und je vier schwarzen Fenstern versehenen Türmen ein goldbewehrter roter Adler schwebt. Im offenen goldenen Torbogen erscheint ein aufgezogenes schwarzes Fallgatter.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 24, 1914 and again on July 21, 1994.

Biesenthal received city rights in the early 14^th century from the Counts of Brandenburg. The seals only showed the red eagle of Brandenburg after the 16^th century or the bars of the Lords of Arnim before the 16^th century. The above arms were designed in 1902, but it took until 1914 to have the arms officially granted.

Seal from around 1900	The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature:Benzig et al, 1985; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s