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The arms were officially granted on August 11, 1994 and again after the mergers on March 4, 2004. | The arms were officially granted on August 11, 1994 and again after the mergers on March 4, 2004. | ||
The city belonged in medieval times to the County Ruppin. This was a possession of the Counts of Arnstein and since 1524 of the Margraves of Brandenburg. The arms of Arnstein are a silver eagle in red, of Brandenburg a red eagle in silver. The city decided to use the arms of the Counts of Arnstein. As an addition the quartered arms of the Hohenzollern family was added. This refers to the fact that Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia (from the Hohenzollern dynasty) resided in the local castle from 1736-1740. | |||
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