Breitenworbis

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BREITENWORBIS

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Eichsfeld
Additions : 2009 Bernterode bei Worbis

Official blazon

(de) Geteilt und halbgespalten; oben in Rot ein sil bernes, sechsspeiehiges Rad; unten vom in Grün eine goldene Ähre; unten hinten in Gold ein grüner Eichenzweig; im Schildfuß über dem unten halb-gespaltenen Schild fünf übereinander geschichtete rote Ziegelsteine.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 27, 1994.

The upper half of the arms shows the wheel of the State of Mainz, to which the village belonged for many centuries. In the lower hals symbolise the wheat-ears the agriculture in the municipality. The oak leaf symbolises the local forestry college. The bricks symbolise the building industry in the municipality.