Görlitz

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GÖRLITZ

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Görlitz (until 2008 Free urban district)
Additions: 1925 Rauschwalde; 1929 Moys (until 1945); 1949 Klingewalde, Weinhübel; 1951 Groß Biesnitz, Klein Biesnitz; 1994 Deutsch-Ossig, Hagenwerder/Tauchritz, Schlauroth; 1999 Kunnerwitz, Ludwigsdorf

Wappen von Görlitz/Arms (crest) of Görlitz
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 29, 1433.

The arms show the Imperial eagle and the lion of Bohemia and were granted by Emperor Sigismund. Görlitz belonged to Bohemia until 1635, when the city became part of Sachsen. The crown is the imperial crown.

On October 2, 1536, Görlitz received new arms from Emperor Charles V. These arms quartered the eagle and lion, and with an inescutcheon of Austria and the imperial crown.

Both arms have been used at the same time, but after the Second World War only the above arms are being used.

Both arms can also be used with a crest of the Bohemian lion in front of a wing.

Wappen von Görlitz/Coat of arms (crest) of Görlitz

The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
Wappen von Görlitz/Coat of arms (crest) of Görlitz

The arms in the Abdulla album, 1928
Wappen von Görlitz/Coat of arms (crest) of Görlitz

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Arms (crest) of Görlitz

The arms in the Abadie albums
Wappen von Görlitz/Coat of arms (crest) of Görlitz

The arms on a local stamp, 1940s
Wappen von Görlitz/Coat of arms (crest) of Görlitz

Postal cancellation 1939
Wappen von Görlitz/Coat of arms (crest) of Görlitz

The arms on a cover, 1975
Arms with crest of Görlitz

Arms along with crest from the Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1902





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Literature: Bensing et al., 1984