approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,919,438
edits
Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge: Difference between revisions
m
Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning==="
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "====Official blazon==== " to "====Official blazon==== (de) ") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning===") |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
(de) | (de) | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were adopted in 1924 when the town received city rights. The arms show a miner, as mining was the main activity in the area at the time. Previously the local seals showed miner's tools. The trees are a canting element, the name is derived from the Czech word Olše, or elder. | The arms were adopted in 1924 when the town received city rights. The arms show a miner, as mining was the main activity in the area at the time. Previously the local seals showed miner's tools. The trees are a canting element, the name is derived from the Czech word Olše, or elder. | ||