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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2022
The banner is quartered of yellow and red with centred coat of arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2022
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Gules a cogwheel Or, 2nd quarter Or a fir Sable, 3rd qaurter Or a grain ear Sable, 4th quarter Gules hammer and mallet Or in saltire.
Meaning:
Freital had been a place of stone coal mining before 1542. The coal was depleted by a labour union since 1745 and by the Saxonian state since 1806. In 1789 a hammer mill was founded, followed by various kinds of heavy industries. The cogwheel is symbolising industries, the tree forestry, the ear agriculture and the tools mining.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.134-135
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2022
The banner was approved on 25 September 1996. The arms were adopted in 1945 and confirmed on 25 September 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2022
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