Mittweida

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MITTWEIDA

State : Sachsen
District (Kreis) : Mittelsachsen (until 2008 Mittweida)
Additions : 1900 Rößgen; 1911 Neudörfchen; 1923 Kockisch; 1973 Zschöppichen; 1994 Ringethal (1952 Falkenhain); 1996 Frankenau (1974 Thalheim (1923 Niederthalheim, Obderthalheim); 1999 Lauenhain-Tanneberg (1994 Lauenhain, Tanneberg)

Official blazon

In Gold ein schwarzer Löwe mit roter Zunge und Bewehrung.

Origin/meaning

The arms are those of the Counts of Meissen, who were Lords of Mittweida until 1423. The arms with the lion already appear in the oldest 15^th century seals of the city and have not changed since. The arms were officially granted in 1894 and again in 1938.