Annaberg (Sachsen)

	ANNABERG (SACHSEN) Country: Germany State: Sachsen District (Kreis): Erzgebirgskreis (until 2008 Annaberg) Additions: 1912 Kleinrückerswalde Incorporated into: 1949 Annaberg-Buchholz Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.58030000000000114823706098832190036773681640625,"lon":13.0013000000000005229594535194337368011474609375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold über einem kleinen silbernen Schild im Schildfuß, darin gekreuzt schwarz Schlägel und Eisen; begleitet von zwei silbern bekleideten Männern mit schwarzen Schuhen, die auf ihren Häuptern rot brennende schwarze Lichtscherben tragen und gegeneinander in ihren Händen das Bildnis der heiligen Anna halten, welche auf einem roten Thron oder Stuhl sitzt, in blau gekleidet, um ihr Haupt ein silberner Schleier gebunden und in ihrem rechten Arm das fleischfarbene Jesus-Kind mit goldenem Haar hält, in ihrem linken Arm in Rot gekleidet und mit goldenen Haaren die hl. Jungfrau Maria, ihre Hände zusammengelegt, das Kind ansehend.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted at the same time as the city rights, by Emperor Maximilian I on March 22, 1501.

The arms of Annaberg show St. Anne the patron saint of the city, surrounded by two miners and a small shield with miner's tools. Around the city silver is mined since 1492, and mining is still of importance.

Image gallery

The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)
Seal from around 1900
The arms in an album from around 1905
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Abadie albums

Literature:Bensing, et al; Lexicon Städte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Leipzig, 1985.

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