Mölln

MÖLLN

State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) : Herzogtum Lauenburg

Official blazon

German	In Rot ein silbernes Mühlrad. Im silbernen Schildhaupt ein rotes Mühleisen.
English	No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 31, 1955, but are much older.

Mölln received city rights around 1224, and the oldest seal of the city dates from the same time. It showed already a water mill wheel, which is a canting symbol (Mühle=mill). Later the wheel was placed in a shield and in the 17^th century the wheel iron was shown above the shield. From 1876 the iron was placed in a chief above the wheel.

Until 1955 the arms were mainly shown with a black mill-iron, as can be seen below.

Seal from around 1900	Seal from around 1900
Emergency money, 1920s	Emergency money, 1920s
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925	The arms in the town (image Klaas Padberg)
The arms on a manhole cover

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Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s