Joachimsthal

JOACHIMSTHAL Country : Germany State : Brandenburg District (Kreis) : Barnim Amt: Amt Joachimsthal (Schorfheide) Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.3395000000000010231815394945442676544189453125,"lon":12.3752499999999994173549566767178475856781005859375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In Silber ein sitzender, gekrönter, roter Adler, randumlaufend ist ein Laubkranz dargestellt.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the seals of the city. The eagle is the eagle of Brandenburg, as the city was founded in 1604 by Prince Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg.

During DDR times the arms were replaced by a deer in a forest, indicating the Schorfheide natural region.

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  Seal from around 1900

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  The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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  The arms during DDR times

Literature: Benzig et al, 1985; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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