Alt Mölln

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ALT MÖLLN

State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) : Herzogtum Lauenburg
Amt : Amt Breitenfelde

Wappen von Alt Mölln/Arms (crest) of Alt Mölln
Official blazon
German

Über verkürztem, von Silber und Blau im Wellenschnitt geteiltem Wellenschildfuß in Grün eine goldene Windmühle (Galerieholländer), in der Höhe des Flügelkreuzes begleitet rechts von einem aufrecht stehenden goldenen Fass, links von einem gefüllten goldenen Sack.

English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on July 21, 1992.

The windmill (Mühle) is a canting symbol. Mills (not windmills, but watermills) were of great importance for the community in historical times. Nevertheless a windmill was chosen as a symbol, to distinguish the arms from the arms of nearby Mölln. There is a single, Dutch-style, windmill in the municipality, so the symbol was not that strange. The sack is a symbol for the produce made with the mills. The barrel is a salt-barrel, as the village is on a historical salt trading route.
The lower part of the arms shows the Elbe-Lübeck canal, on which the village is situated.





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