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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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<h6>[[File:burgel3.jpg|center]]


[[Literature]] : Ulle, 1998; Hupp, 1920s  
[[Literature]] : Ulle, 1998; Hupp, 1920s  

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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

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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.

Burgelz1.jpg

Seal from around 1900
Burgel.hagd.jpg

The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature : Ulle, 1998; Hupp, 1920s