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====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1610. The arms show St. George, the patron saint of the Benedictan Abbey in Bürgel and indicate the close relations between the monastery and the city. | The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1610. The arms show St. George, the patron saint of the Benedictan Abbey in Bürgel and indicate the close relations between the monastery and the city. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:burgelz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |align="center"|[[File:burgelz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:burgel.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:burgel.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
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[[Literature]] : Ulle, 1998; Hupp, 1920s | [[Literature]] : Ulle, 1998; Hupp, 1920s | ||
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) |
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BÜRGEL
State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Saale-Holzland Kreis
Additions : 19?? Beulbar, Droschka, Gerega, Gniebsdorf, Göritzberg, Hetzdorf, Hohendorf, Ilmsdorf, Lucka, Nischwitz, Rodigast, Silberthal, Taupadel, Thalbürgel
Official blazon
In Rot ein gerüsteter goldener Reiter auf silbernem Pferd, eine Lanze in den Rachen eines grünen Lindwurms stoßend.
Origin/meaning
The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1610. The arms show St. George, the patron saint of the Benedictan Abbey in Bürgel and indicate the close relations between the monastery and the city.
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
Literature : Ulle, 1998; Hupp, 1920s