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![[Hohnstein city banner]](../images/d/de-pn-ho_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2022
It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2022
Shield Or a hound passant Sable tongued Gules, in chief a trefoil Vert.
Meaning:
At the unsettled edge of the Slavic Milska Shire (Upper Lusatia) existed a castle as frontier post probably since around 1200. It was first mentioned in 1353 as capital of a little lordship, which was ruled by the Bohemian Berka kin from Dubá. The lordship was acquired by the Electorate of Sachsen in 1443. Since 1445 a little city developed. The arms are based on a city seal from 1588 with a circumscription "S. DER STAT HVNDSTEIN" (= s.(eal) of Houndstone city). The hound is a punning element, the trefoil probably just a local symbol.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.204-205
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2022
A plain bicolour is in use since 1904, the current banner since 1995. The arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2022
![[Ulbersdorf borough banner]](../images/d/de-pn-ho-ud_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2022
It was a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2022
Shield parted per fess, above Vert an oak twig Argent with three leaves and one acorn, beneath Argent a plough Sable.
Meaning:
The charges probably are symbolising agriculture and forestal riches.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 16 December1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2022
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