Lehnin

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LEHNIN

State : Brandenburg
District (Kreis) : Potsdam-Mittelmark
Incorporated into : 2002 Kloster Lehnin

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms show a deer in front of a forest. The meaning or origin of these arms is not known, they appear on the seal in the late 19^th century. According to legend the deer and oak refer to a dream of Emperor Otto I, in whcih a deer and an oak played a role and base don the dream he founded the local Lehnin Monastery.