Treffurt

TREFFURT

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Wartburgkreis
Additions : 1994 Falken, Großburschla, Schnellmannshausen (1973 Volteroda)

Official blazon
German	Halbgespalten und geteilt; oben vom in Rot ein sechsspeiehiges silbernes Rad; oben hinten im silbern schwarz geteilten Feld zwei schräg gekreuzte rote Schwerter; unten in Blau ein Löwe, neunmal geteilt von Silber und Rot.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on

The city and castle of Treffurt was conquered between 1333 and 1336 by the joined forces of Mainz, Hessen and Thüringen. The arms were designed afterwards and show the arms of these three states, who jointly ruled the city for many centuries. The wheel is the wheel of the State of Mainz, the swords replaced the earlier use of the lion of Meissen, for Sachsen (as the Wettin dynasty of Sachsen in 1336 were also rulers of Thüringen), and the lower half shows the striped lion of Thüringen and Hessen.

The arms in a 16th century manuscript	The arms in a manuscript from +/- 1730
Seal from around 1900
Emergency money of the city with the arms (1922)	The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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