Greiffenberg

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GREIFFENBERG

State : Brandenburg
District (Kreis) : Uckermark
Additions: 1928 Obergreiffenberg
Incorporated into: 2003 Angermünde

Wappen von Greiffenberg
Official blazon
German blazon wanted
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted in 1890 and were officially granted on June 30, 1922.

The arms are canting, a griffin (Greif) on a mountain (Berg). Previously the city used a seal with the arms of the Von Wülknitz family, who acquired the city in 1802.

Siegel von Greiffenberg

The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Seal of Greiffenberg

Seal from around 1900
Wappen von Greiffenberg/Coat of arms (crest) of Greiffenberg

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925





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