Wethau

WETHAU

State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Burgenlandkreis
Additions : 2010 Gieckau
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Wethautal

Official blazon

German	Geviert von Blau und Silber; Feld 1: pfahlweise zwei silberne Fische, der obere linksgewendet; Feld 2: sechs rote Ziegel (2:2:2), die mittleren zum Schildrand hin versetzt; Feld 3: eine rote Weintraube mit zwei Blättern, Stiel und Ranke; Feld 4: ein silberner Dreiberg, darüber ein sechsstrahliger silberner Stern.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 6, 2013.

The arms symbolise with each quarter one of the villages in the municipality; for Wethau a fish (for fisheries and the Wethau river), for Gieckau six bricks (for the six former brick factories), for Pohlitz a grape for viticulture and for Schmerdorf a mountain and star (for its geographical position).

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