Nejdek

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NEJDEK

Province: Karlovarský Kraj
District (Okres) : Karlovy Vary

Arms of Nejdek
Official blazon
Czech blazon wanted
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The mining settlement was founded probably at the end of the 12th century near the tin-ore mines by the Hroznata family. It is possible that al ready at that time the town's seal received its origin­al design, which was later taken over by the armorial bearings of the town: deer antlers from the Hroznata arms with crossed mining ham­mers in between.

In the 16th century the town was promoted to a Free Mining Town by the Šlik family, owners of the region at the time. At that time the municipal coat-of-arms was arranged in the form it has maintained up to the present with the smaller arms of the Šlik family under the antlers.

Arms of Nejdek

The arms in an album from 1955
Arms of Nejdek

The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1935
Arms (crest) of Nejdek
The arms by Jan Čaka (1979)

Literature : Image obtained from here.

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