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Lauscha City (Germany)

Stadt Lauscha, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thüringen

Last modified: 2021-06-12 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Lauscha old city banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021
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Lauscha City

Lauscha Banner

It was a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:1:1. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: §2(2) of the local Hauptsatzung, version 13 September 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021

Lauscha Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a stag salient Argent, in base slightly superimposing the stag a fir tree Vert decorated with four Christmas baubles Gules.
Meaning:
The charges in the arms aresymbolising the glass blowing industries in the city and the Thü üringer Wald, a forest. Glass blowing was started in Lauscha in the late 16th century and had been of great importance for the city.
Source: §2(1) of the local Hauptsatzung, version 13 September 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021

The arms were approved on 19 September 1956 and abolished in 2008. According to §2 of the local Hauptsatzung, version 27 July 2020, currently the city has no proper banner.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021


Ernstthal Borough

Ernstthal Banner

[Ernstthal borough banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021

It is a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: §2(3) of Hauptsatzung, version 27 July 2020, of Lauscha City
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021

Ernstthal Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter parted per fess, above Vert a glass bottle Argent, beneath Sable fretty of bends and bars Argent; at sinister Argent an eradicated fir Vert.
Meaning:
The fir appeared on local seals since the beginning of the 20th century. The bottle is referring to local glass kilns. The fretty pattern is representing slate, which is used widely as tiles on the roofs and walls of the local houses.
Sources: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung, version 27 July 2020, of Lauscha City and Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021


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