Frauenwald

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FRAUENWALD

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Ilm-Kreis

Official blazon

Geteilt von Grün und Silber; vorn eine silberne Frauengestalt im mittelalterlich-klösterlichen Gewand, hinten eine grüne bewurzelte Fichte. |- |English | No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |}

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 5, 1993.

The arms are canting, showing a woman (Frau) and a tree (for Wald, forest). The village developed around a convent after 1323. The woman thus is shown as a nun. The colour green symbolises the forest again.