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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Pegau city banner]](../images/d/de-lz-pg_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2022
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2022
Shield Azure, a lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The area belonged to the imperial territory of Pleißenland, which was ruled since 1083 by Count Wiprecht of Groitzsch. Besides the village and two estates of local noblemen a settlement of merchants with a market and a church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, developed since 1096 at a ford crossing the Elster River. Already in 1091 the count founded a Benedictine Monastery, dedicated to St. James, which was sanctified in 1096. The 2nd Abbot Windolf minted coins and caused the foundation of a city with market square and a church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, before 1150. Abbot Siegfried of Röcken founded a new town east of the city in 1190 with a church, dedicated to St. Othmar. In the 14th century the city was subdued by the Margraves of Meißen and became a seat of one of its districts (German:Ämter). The monastery held the high level cognisance, until it was secularised in 1539. The oldest city seal from 1364 displayed the St. Lawrence church, which was destroyed by fire in 1382. In 1504 Duke George the Bearded granted new arms. They displayed the lion of the Pleißenland, which was parted per fess of Or and Argent, supported by St. Lawrence, sitting at dexter, and St. John, standing at sinister.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.344-345
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2022
Banner and arms are traditional. The current arms were granted in 1799 by Elector August of Sachsen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2022
![[Kitzen borough banner]](../images/d/de-lz-pg-kt_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2022
It was a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top in the yellow stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2022
Shield Azure a lyra Or stringed Sable and superimposing two swords Or in saltire, chief wavy Or charged with three plough shares Azure in fess.
Meaning:
The plough shares are symbolising agriculture. They are also referring to Rudolph Sack, citizen of Kitzen and constructor of the first plough in Germany, made completely of iron. The wavy line of partition is representing the many local waters in the area, in the municipality itself a moat and two wells. Lyra and swords are reminding on Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm of Lützow, commander of a militia fighting against Napoleon I, especially to the poet Theodor Körner, one of its members, who had been injured in Kitzen.
Source: Siegfried Heine´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 8 February 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Dec 2022
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