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Revision as of 11:30, 20 August 2023


WURZEN

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Leipzig (until 2008 Muldentalkreis)
Additions : 2006 Kühren-Burkartshain (1994 Burkartshain, Kühren)

Wappen von Wurzen/Arms (crest) of Wurzen
Official blazon
German

Origin/meaning

The arms originally date from the middle of the 15th century.

The original arms showed the local patron saint, St. Wenesclaus (Wenzel) on a horse, which is also seen on the seal from around 1900. Later the image gradually changed into a knight and finally to an undescribed mounted man holding a crosier.


Seal of Wurzen

Seal from around 1900
Seal of Wurzen

Seal from around 1900
Wappen von Wurzen/Coat of arms (crest) of Wurzen

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

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





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Literature: Bensing et al., 1984; Kaffee Hag picture albums, 1920s