Hasselfelde
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HASSELFELDE
State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Harz (until 2007 Wernigerode)
Additions : 2002 Trautenstein
Incorporated into: 2010 Oberharz am Brocken
| German |
In Silber ein gestürztes grünes Haselblatt aus einem grünen Zweig wachsend. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were never officially granted, but were used since the 17th century.
The arms show a canting hazel-leaf (Hasel=hazel). The name means hazel-field and until the 19th century hazel trees were common in the area.
The leaf can be seen on the local seals from 1599 until 1834.
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 Seals from around 1900 |
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 The arms as shown in the Kaffee Hag albums. |
 Postal cancellation 1975 |
Literature: Rabbow, 1977