Schlagenthin

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SCHLAGENTHIN

State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Jerichower Land
Incorporated into : 2010 Jerichow

Official blazon

Im goldenen Schild mit schräglinkem blauen Wellenbalken ein großer silberner Herzschild, darin eine grüne Eiche auf grünem Berg, der Berg belegt mit einer silbern bordierten roten Rose mit goldenem Butzen und grünen Kelchblättern.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 11, 2008.

The arms show the Stremme river.

The small escutcheon shows the local Eichberg (oak-hill) and a rose. Both refer to the local legend on Frau Harke. She was a witch and was against the fact that the people became Christian and built churches. She thus loaded her skirt full of sand and flew into the direction of Schlagenthin to destory the church. However, just befor the village her skirt broke and the sand formed the Eichberg.

The old seal of the village, used until the 1950s, showed a watermill wheel in the Stremme river.