Herzberg upon Elster City (Germany)

Stadt Herzberg an der Elster, Landkreis Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-12-12 by klaus-michael schneider
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Herzberg upon Elster City

Herzberg Flag

It is a white-green-yellow horizontal tricolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Stefan Schwoon, 9 Apr 2001

Herzberg Banner

It is a white-green-yellow vertical tricolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Apr 2019

Herzberg Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, a stag passant Gules on top of a triplemount Vert, issuant from base.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, as the first name of the settlement had been Hirschberg (= mountain of the stags).The colours of the flag, white-green-yellow, are not derived from the arms. Possibly white and green are for Saxony to which the city belonged until 1815, and green and yellow for the Fläming region.
Sources: Günther 1995 (Erwin Günther, Ostdeutsche Stadtflaggen (1): Land Brandenburg, in Der Flaggenkurier, no. 1, 1995) and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Apr 2019 and Stefan Schwoon, 9 Apr 2001

The arms were approved on 19 January 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Apr 2019

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