Greiffenberg

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GREIFFENBERG

State : Brandenburg
District (Kreis) : Uckermark
Additions : 1928 Obergreiffenberg
Incorporated into : 2003 Angermünde

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Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted in 1890 and were officially granted on June 30, 1922.

The arms are canting, a griffin (Greif) on a mountain (Berg). Previously the city used a seal with the arms of the Von Wülknitz family, who acquired the city in 1802.

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The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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Literature : Benzing et al, 1984