Finsterwalde

	FINSTERWALDE Country : Germany State : Brandenburg District (Kreis) : Elbe-Elster (until 1993 Finsterwalde) Additions: 1993 Sorno Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.6298000000000030240698833949863910675048828125,"lon":13.70609999999999928377292235381901264190673828125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Silber eine durchgehende rote Zinnenmauer, darauf ein gequaderter roter Rundturm mit einer beknauften blauen Kuppel und zwei übereinander stehenden schwarzen Fenstern. Das offene schwarze Tor ist mit einem hochgezogenen silbernen Fallgitter versehen. Auf grünem Boden wächst vor der Mauer zu beiden Seiten des Turmes und des Tors je ein grüner beblätterter Baum empor.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 6, 1994.

The arms can already be seen on the oldest medieval seal of the city. The arms show the city wall and tower, with two canting trees, for the -wald (forest) part of the name.

Image gallery

Seal from around 1900
Local emergency money from the early 1920s
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Postal cancellation 1979
Postal cancellation 1982
The arms on the local caste/city hall

Literature: Bensing et al., 1984

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