List of coats of arms in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district

This list shows the coats of arms of the offices, cities and communities as well as coats of arms of formerly independent communities and disbanded districts in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in Brandenburg . The place names are followed by the respective designation in Sorbian language in brackets .

district
District (wokrejs)	coat of arms	Comments
Oberspreewald-Lausitz (Górne Błota-Łužyca)		Approved on November 25, 1994 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg. "Divided by silver and blue, at the top an unarmed, striding red bull with a tail crossed over its back, at the bottom a three-tinned golden wall covered with a golden shield, inside an upright black lion."

Offices

Office (office)	coat of arms	Comments
Altdöbern (Stara Darbnja)		Resolved by the official committee of the Altdöbern Office on September 17, 2008, approved on September 25, 2008 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: "Under a wave-shaped blue-silver shield head in black, a silver paddle wheel, the four diagonally crossed spokes of which are covered by a heart shield (two silver hammers in blue diagonally crossed)."
Ortrand (Wótrań)		The Ortrand office does not have its own coat of arms. “The coat of arms of the office is the state coat of arms. The state coat of arms is the red march eagle on a white field. "
Ruhland (Rólany)		Approved on July 14, 1994 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: "Shield divided obliquely to the left by a wavy cut of silver and blue, above three uneven green conifers, below a golden church with a baroque dome and black pointed arched windows."

cities and communes

The following municipalities do not have a coat of arms:

Bronkow
Frauendorf
Large flour
Grünewald (Lower Sorbian: Zeleny Gozd , Upper Sorbian: Zeleny Hózd )

Guteborn (Wudwor)
Hermsdorf (Hermanecy)
Hohenbocka (Bukow)
Kroppen (Kropnja)

Luckaitztal (Stara golnikarnja)
New Zealand (Nowa Jazorina)
Schwarzbach (Čorna Woda)

City or municipality	coat of arms	Comments
Altdöbern (Stara Darbnja)		Approved on February 27, 2006 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: “Split by blue and silver, in front a sheet of silver paper, covered with a blue-lined golden lily; at the back three red diagonal bars. "
City of Calau (Kalawa)		Approved on December 15, 1992 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: “A red castle in silver, with tinned and ashlar masonry and with an open black gate and raised golden portcullis. The two tinned round towers have pointed blue helmets with gold knobs and a black window. Between the towers hovers a shield divided by gold and blue, above a black tailed lion with a red tongue and armor, and below three (2: 1) six-pointed silver stars. "
City of Großräschen (Rań)		On April 12, 2002, the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg approved the city of Großräschen to continue the coat of arms of the Großräschen office, which was dissolved on December 31, 2001, instead of the traditional city coat of arms: “Diagonally quartered by red and silver; at the top a growing silver rake with seven prongs; on the left an upright black beech branch with eight leaves, on the right crossed black mallets and iron, at the bottom three silver horseshoes arranged to form a three-legged arm. "
City of Lauchhammer (Łuchow)		Approved on April 6, 1992 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: “In a divided shield, split at the top, in front in red a left-facing, looking silver lion (leopard), behind in green a growing natural hermit in a silver robe, in the left a golden rosary, in the right a silver grave hoe with a natural style holding, accompanied on both sides by three golden ears. In the lower golden field there is a black hammer mechanism. "
Lindenau (Lipina)		Approved on March 2, 2000 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: "Under the blue head of a tin shield in gold, a blue wavy strip covered by the trunk of a rooted black linden tree with green leaves."
City of Lübbenau / Spreewald (Lubnjow / Błota)		Approved on September 13, 2001 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: "In blue, a silver fish swimming between three (1: 2 set), six-pointed, silver stars."
Neupetershain (Nowe Wiki)		Approved on May 17, 2006 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: “Split and obliquely divided by red and gold; everything in mixed up colors: at the top two oblique-left glassmaker's pipes, covered in the front field by a silver glass goblet, below an oblique-left sickle, whose silver, upward-pointing edge covers an ear of corn in the rear field. "
City outskirts (Wótrań)		The city council decided to continue the historical coat of arms, which the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg approved on May 22, 2012: "In gold, a double-tailed black lion with red armor and tongue."
City of Ruhland (Rólany)		Approved on November 10, 1992 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: "In gold, a black double-headed eagle with a red tongue and armor, floating above it a red-lined golden crown."
Schipkau (Šejkow)		Approved on February 13, 2004 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: "In silver, a cut, S-shaped green rosehip branch with six red fruits, separated at the bottom right by a black mallet and iron crossed at an angle, at the top left by a black and silver flag waving to the right."
City of Schwarzheide (Carny Gózd)		Approved on October 25, 1993 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: “Diagonally divided by a wave cut from silver over black. In front a silver heather flower stalk bent up to the edge of the shield with three vertical leaf stalks. In the back a black, rising, resisting otter with a blue fish bent to the left in its mouth. "
District town Senftenberg (Zły Komorow)		Approved on January 21, 2002 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: “Quartered by silver and red; 1: a black mallet and a black iron crossed diagonally, 4: a red flag waving to the left. "
Tettau (Ćětowa)		Approved on March 14, 1996 by the Interior Minister of the State of Brandenburg: "A golden tip in blue, inside two blue wavy bars elevated by a blue water drop."
City of Vetschau / Spreewald (Wětošow / Błota)		The current coat of arms of the city of Vetschau was awarded by the Roman-German King Ferdinand I at the “ armored Reichstag ” in Augsburg in 1548. The Minister of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg confirmed the continuation of the coat of arms on May 3, 1993: "Split, in front in red an upright, left-facing silver greyhound with a gold collar, behind blue-silver sheathed."

Historical coat of arms

City of Calau
Office Großräschen until 2001
City of Großräschen until 2001
City outskirts
City of Schwarzheide 1967–1993
community Hohenbocka

References and comments

BLHA: Coat of arms information from the Brandenburg State Main Archives on the service portal of the Brandenburg State Administration

↑ BLHA : coat of arms of the district Oberspreewald-Lausitz

↑ identical to § 2 paragraph 1 of the main statute for the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district of January 29, 2009 amended with resolution no. 0163/2009 of October 8th, 2009 and resolution no. 0050/2011 of June 30, 2011 (PDF; 383.22 kB)

↑ BLHA: coat of arms of the Altdöbern office

↑ § 2 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the Office Ortrand

↑ BLHA: coat of arms of the Ruhland office

↑ The main statute of the Bronkow community from December 6, 2016 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the Frauendorf community from December 16, 2008 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the community Großkmehlen from 04.06.2009 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the community Grünewald from June 17, 2014 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the Guteborn community of June 26, 2014 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the municipality of Hermsdorf from June 11, 2014 does not have a coat of arms

↑ ^a ^b The main statute of the Hohenbocka community of September 24, 2014 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the municipality of Kroppen from March 4th, 2009 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the municipality of Luckaitztal from October 20th, 2008 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the municipality of New Zealand from October 22nd, 2008 does not have a coat of arms

↑ The main statute of the community of Schwarzbach from June 16, 2014 does not have a coat of arms

↑ BLHA: Coat of arms of the Altdöbern community

↑ § 2 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the Altdöbern municipality ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)@1@ 2

↑ BLHA: coat of arms of Calau

↑ ^a ^b BLHA: coat of arms of the city of Großräschen

↑ BLHA: Coat of arms of the city of Lauchhammer

↑ BLHA: coat of arms of the municipality of Lindenau

↑ § 2 of the main statute of the municipality of Lindenau from March 30, 2015

↑ BLHA: arms of the city Lübbenau

↑ BLHA: Coat community Neupetershain

↑ BLHA: coat of arms city town edge

↑ ^a ^b § 2 of the main statute of the city of Ortrand of June 4, 2015

↑ BLHA: coat of arms of the city of Ruhland

↑ BLHA: coat of arms of the community of Schipkau

↑ § 2 paragraph 1 of the main statute of the municipality of Schipkau of October 28, 2008 (PDF; 99 kB) does not quote the description of the coat of arms quite literally.