Sächsische Schweiz

SÄCHSISCHE SCHWEIZ (PIR)

State : Sachsen
Additions : 1994 Pirna, Sebnitz
Incorporated into : 2008 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Wappen von Sächsische Schweiz/Arms (crest) of Sächsische Schweiz

Official blazon
German	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on March 3, 1995.

The arms shows the Elbe river, flowing through agricultural land. At the same time the arms symbolise the two former districts. The arms were also used by the former Landkreis Pirna, but not officially granted.

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Literature: Linder and Olzog, 1996.

Sächsische Schweiz

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