Finsterwalde City (Germany)

Stadt Finsterwalde, Landkreis Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-04-22 by klaus-michael schneider
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Finsterwalde City

Finsterwalde Flag

It is a green-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Stefan Schwoon, 14 Apr 2001

Finsterwalde Banner

5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 14 Apr 2001

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Apr 2019

It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Stefan Schwoon, 14 Apr 2001

Finsterwalde Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, on a base Vert a throughout embattled wall Gules masoned Sable, with port and windows sable and half open portcullis Argent, topped by a tower Gules with roof Azure, and the port flanked by two trees Vert.
Meaning:
The arms can already be seen on the oldest medieval seal of the city. They show the city wall and tower, with two canting trees, for the -wald (forest) part of the name. The arms remained basically the same but were changed in details, e.g. shape and position of the trees, and colour of the roof. The flag colours are a reminder of the Saxon reign over the city until 1815.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink's webpage, Bensing et al. 1984 and Günther 1996c
Stefan Schwoon, 14 Apr 2001 and Santiago Dotor, 17 May 2002

The arms were approved on 6 January 1994.
Stefan Schwoon, 14 Apr 2001

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