Bärenfels

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(KURORT) BÄRENFELS

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Weisseritzkreis (until 1994 Dippoldiswalde)
Incorporated into : 1999 Altenberg

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

As far as I know the town was never granted arms, but used the arms as shown above. The arms are canting showing a bear (Bär) near a rock (Fels).

The arms on a local coin/medal

Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.

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