Wildetaube

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WILDETAUBE

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Greiz
Additions : 1960 Wittchendorf; 1971 Altgernsdorf
Incorporated into : 2014 Langenwetzendorf

Official blazon

In Silber über rotem Schildfuss eine blaue linksgewendete Taube, darüber drei grüne, balkenweise angeordnete Lindenblätter; im Schildfuss eine silberne erniedrigte Spitze mit einem Rundbogenfenster.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 28, 1995.

The pigeon (Taube) is a canting element. The village developed around an inn named the Wilde Taube (wild pigeon), which still exists, and which is symbolised by the gable in the base of the shield. The three linden leaves symbolise the three villages in the municipality and refer to the linden tree planted in the main square of Wildetaube on the day of the German unification.