Wurzen

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WURZEN

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Leipzig (until 2008 Muldentalkreis)
Additions : 2006 Kühren-Burkartshain (1994 Burkartshain, Kühren)

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms originally date from the middle of the 15^th century.

The original arms showed the local patron saint, St. Wenesclaus (Wenzel) on a horse, which is also seen on the seal from around 1900. Later the image gradually changed into a knight and finally to an undescribed mounted man holding a crosier.