Frohburg

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FROHBURG

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Leipzig (until 2008 Leipziger Land)
Additions : 1973 Streitwald; 1995 Greifenhain; 1997 Benndorf, Bubendorf; 1999 Eschefeld, Frauendorf, Roda, Nenkersdorf, Schönau; 2009 Eulatal (1994 Flößberg, Frankenhain, Hopfgarten, Prießnitz, Tautenhain)

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms show a city gate and castle. The old seals also show the castle as ruin and with a small tree. These are the arms as shown below by Hupp in the 1920s. Already in the early 20^th century the arms were often shown as above, in the colours of Sachsen and without the tree.