Ballenstedt City (Germany)

Stadt Ballenstedt, Harz County, Saxony-Anhalt

Last modified: 2019-10-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Ballenstedt Coat of Arms

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Ballenstedt City

Ballenstedt is a small town just north of the Harz mountains and the origin of the Askanian kin.
Stefan Schwoon, 18 Apr 2001

Ballenstedt Flag

It is a black over yellow horizontal bicolour ith centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2019

Ballenstedt Old Banner

It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour with centred old arms.
Source: Günther 1996a
Stefan Schwoon, 18 Apr 2001

Ballenstedt City Colours 1896

The colours were black and yellow, granted in 1896 by Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt.
Source: Anhaltischer Staats-Anzeiger, edition 7.11.1896, Dessau
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2019

Ballenstedt Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter barry of five, at dexter and sinister Or three bars Sable, at sinister shifted to top that way that the bars Sable are corresponding to the partitions Or at sinister.
Meaning:
The coat of arms is derived from the arms of the Askanian kin, who came from the area of Ballenstedt. The helmet, mantling and crest ought to be black and yellow, but for better visual distinction dark red is used instead of black in the flag.
Source: Günther 1996a and Heinz Göschel (editor): "Lexikon Stäädte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik", Leipzig 1979, p. 30
Stefan Schwoon, 18 Apr 2001

The arms are known as arms of the Counts of Anhalt-Ballenstedt since the middle of the 16th century.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2019

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