Bad Tennstedt Administrative Community (Germany)

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Tennstedt, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thüringen

Last modified: 2021-03-27 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Ballhausen Municipality
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Bad Tennstedt Administrative Community / (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Tennstedt))

Municipalities without proper Flags

The community itself and the following municipalities have no proper flags: Blankenburg, Bruchstedt, Haussömmern, Hornsömmern, Kirchheiligen, Mittelsömmern, Sundhausen, Tottleben and Urleben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2021

Bad Tennstedt City

Bad Tennstedt Banner

It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2021

Bad Tennstedt Coat of Arms

Issuant from base Vert a fir proper reaching the top, at dexter a bishop issuant robed Azure and Or holding a crozier Or by his right hand and a book Argent with a bunch of grapes Azure by his left hand, at sinister a lion rampant barry of eight of Argent and Gules.
Meaning:
Tennstedt had been a possession of the Landgraves of Thüringen around 1200 and had city rights since the 13th century. In 1485 the city became a dominion of Saxony and in 1815 of Prussia. In 1812 a spa was established. The fir was already part of the fist city arms from the beginning of the 15th century. The fir (German: Tanne) is a punning element. Bishop and lion were added since 1489. The lion is representing the Landgraves of Thüringen, the local rulers. The bishop is alluding to the monasteries of Hersfeld, Gandersheim and Fulda. They all owned large estates in the area. The bunch of grapes is symbolising former viticulture.
Source: Blaschke et alii 1979, pp.452-453
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2021

The arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2021

Ballhausen Municipality

Ballhausen Banner

It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2021

Ballhausen Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale of Or and Azure, parted by two chevrons, on middle base point a circular saw blade, on dexter and sinister chief point a ball, all in counterchanged tinctures.
Meaning:
The villages of Großballhausen and Kleinballhausen are represented by the two balls in the chief corners. The two chevrons look like a roof of a house representing the suffix -hausen (= house) in the name. The difference in size symbolises again the two villages (Klein=small, Groß=large). Chevrons and balls are thus canting elements. The blade is symbolising the importance of forestry in the area. The colours are derived from a small plant, which is very common in the cleared forest. It blooms yellow, but can be made into a blue pigment. (probably: dyer's woad or Asp of Jerusalem (Latin: Isatis tinctoria)
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2021

The banner was approved on 20 July 1995.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2021

Kutzleben Municipality

Kutzleben Banner

It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2021

Kutzleben Coat of Arms

Shield quartered of Argent and Vert, on 1st quarter a millwheel Vert, on 2nd quarter a double queued lion rampant Argent, on 3rd quarter a column Argent flanked by two linden leaves of the same, on 4th quarter an umbel of hops.
Meaning:
The column is taken from the arms of the Lords of Kutzleben, local rulers in the 14th and 1th century. The leaves are a differentiation of the oldest local seals, displaying two linden trees. The millwheel is representing the so called Waidmühlenstein, a historical millstone, today being a monument in the municipality. Hops may be cultivated in the area and the umbel might allude to local breweries. I have no idea about the lion.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2021

The arms were approved on 21 November 2003.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2021

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