Arneburg

ARNEBURG

State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Stendal
Verbandsgemeinde : Arneburg-Goldbeck
Additions: 2009 Beelitz

Official blazon
German	In Silber über blauem Wasser eine rote schwarzgefugte Burgmauer mit gezinntem Torturm mit halbgeöffnetem goldenem Fallgatter und zwei Mauertürmen mit je einem Rundbogenfenster, grünbedacht und goldbeknauft, der rechte Turm mit Satteldach und der linke mit Spitzdach; über dem Torturm schwebend ein goldbewehrter roter Adler.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, an eagle (Adler/Arend) over a city (Burg). The combination already appears on seals from 1315. The eagle is often regarded as the eagle of Brandenburg, but during the last century the eagle was shown as the black Prussian eagle.

The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)	Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)	The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Postal cancellation 1981

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