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'''WITTENBURG''' | '''WITTENBURG''' | ||
Revision as of 05:53, 27 December 2022
WITTENBURG
State : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District (Kreis) : Ludwigslust-Parchim (until 2011 Ludwigslust)
Additions : 2014 Körchow, Lehsen
| German |
In Silber ein gezinntes rotes Stadttor mit offenem Tor, einem hohen schlanken, spitzbedachten und mit goldenem Knauf versehenen Mittelturm sowie zwei fünffach gezinnten Seitentürmen mit je drei betagleuchteten runden Fenstern übereinander; auf denen zwei zugewendete, golden bewehrte und rot gezungte schwarze Lindwürmer sitzen. |
| English | No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on April 10, 1858.
Wittenburg received city rights in the early 13th century and belonged to the County Schwerin until 1201, when it became a possession of the Dukes of Mecklenburg.
The arms were officially adopted in 1858, but were based on the oldest seals of the city, known since 1296. The arms show a castle and two figures, described as tapeworms, taken from the arms of a branch of the Counts of Schwerin.
 Seal from 1351 |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
 Postal cancellation 1976 |
Literature: Lexicon Städte uns Wappen der DDR.