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|align="center"|[[File:hasselfeldez1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal from around 1900
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|align="center"|[[File:hasselfelde.hagd.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms as shown in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]].
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HASSELFELDE

State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Harz (until 2007 Wernigerode)
Additions : 2002 Trautenstein
Incorporated into: 2010 Oberharz am Brocken

Hasselfe.jpg

Origin/meaning

The arms were never officially granted, but were used since the 17th century.

The arms show a canting hazel-leaf (Hasel=hazel). The name means hazel-field and until the 19th century hazel trees were common in the area.

The leaf can be seen on the local seals from 1599 until 1834.

Hasselfeldez1.jpg

Seal from around 1900
Hasselfelde.hagd.jpg

The arms as shown in the Kaffee Hag albums.

Literature : Rabbow, 1977