Apolda
APOLDA
State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Weimarer Land (until 1994 Apolda)
Additions : 1993 Herressen-Sulzbach, Oberndorf, Zottelstedt; 1994 Oberroßla-Rödigsdorf, Utenbach; 1996 Schöten
| German |
In Gold ein schwarzer Baumstumpf mit grünen Zweigen. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on December 17, 1856.
The arms of Apolda show a tree trunk which first appears on a seal dating from the 16th century. When the arms were officially granted on it was mentioned that the trunk symbolised the 'ever renewing character of the city'. The tree is probably a canting apple tree. The arms were granted with helmet, crest and mantling, but these were not always used, as can be seen from the images below.
In the 1990s at first the whole armorial bearings were placed in a shield, but this non-heraldic practice was abolished and the old arms were restored again.
Seal from around 1900
The arms as seen around 1900
The arms in an album from around 1905
The arms in an album from around 1905
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Emmerlinge albums
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Kurmark Wappenschau album from 1929
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in the 1970s
The arms in the 1990s
The arms in the 1910s
Postal cancellation 1988
Postal cancellation 1989
Literature: Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Ulle, H. : Thüringer Wappenbuch; Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogie Thüringen, Erfurt, 1994, 218 p.