Sömmerda (kreis)

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SÖMMERDA (SÖM)

State : Thüringen
Additions : 1994 Artern (partly), Erfurt (partly), Sondershausen

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 7, 1994.

The arms show the arms of the three former territories to which most of the district belonged : Sachsen (upper right half), Thüringen (lion) and Mainz (wheel).


Literature : Linder and Olzog, 1996.