Lauenstein (Altenberg)

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LAUENSTEIN

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (until 2008 Weisseritzkreis)
Incorporated into : 1994 Bärenstein (1996 Geising (2011 Altenberg (Erzgebirge)))

Official blazon
German
English	(Altenberg) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, the old name of the city is Lewenstein (lion-stone). Although the city received city rights in 1374, no seals are known until the 17^th century. This seal showed already the above composition. The colours originally seem to have been a silver double-tailed lion (Bohemia ?), later a black lion, taken from the arms of Meissen, as the city was part of the Mark Meissen. When the above colours were adopted is not known.

Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s in a slightly different composition :