Stassfurt
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Country : Germany  State : Sachsen-Anhalt  District (Kreis) : Salzlandkreis  (until 2008 Aschersleben-Stassfurt) Additions: (to see click on expand)
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Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 19, 1995.
The arms show the local patron saint, St. John Baptist on the divided shield of the Diocese of Magdeburg. The city was a longtime possession of the Archbishops of Magdeburg. In 1990 the city council decided to reject the arms of 1960 (see below) and re-establish the historical arms. However, the colour design was not according to the heraldic rule of tincture and thus it took until 1995 before the old arms were restored.
The previous arms were granted on June 21, 1960.
These arms show the quartered shield based on the arms of the diocese of Magdeburg, with symbols for industry (cog-wheel, mining-wheel and chemical flask) and agriculture.
Image gallery
The arms shown around 1900 in wrong colours
Emergency money from Stassfurt from 1921
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms from 1960
Sticker 1980
Postal cancellation 1980
Postal cancellation 1986
Postal cancellation 2016
Literature: Bensing et al., 1984
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