Coat of arms of the community of Besseringen
The coat of arms of the municipality of Besseringen shows a red crook over a silver anchor , accompanied by two green oak leaves. It ran from 1957 until the municipality was dissolved on January 1, 1974.
history
The coat of arms was designed by local researcher Kurt Hoppstädter . The Saarland Ministry of the Interior approved the use of the coat of arms by resolution of December 3, 1957. At the same time, the municipality was given the right to use the colors green and white as the municipality's colors. With the incorporation of Besseringen into the city of Merzig on January 1, 1974, the coat of arms lost its official validity.
Foundation of the coat of arms
The coat of arms of Besseringen unites the history of the two settlements that make up today's Besseringen, namely Besseringen and Ponten.
The oak branches on the coat of arms are reminiscent of the so-called forest hooves. These were archbishop servants who, after the donation by Charlemagne and the Franconian kings to the diocese of Trier , settled in what is now Besseringen. However, the oak branches also symbolize the importance of the tilled forests for the old Besseringen.
The abbot's staff recalls the time when the abbot of Mettlach was the landlord and spell lord in Besseringen, but is also intended to symbolize the church and cultural relations between the village and the abbey, since the monks of Mettlach looked after the parish of St. Gangolph - Besseringen.
The anchor stands for the district of Ponten. The name Ponten probably goes back to a Ponte (Latin pons / pontis = bridge). This towered over the Saar as a connection to Schwemlingen. This was located in Brückenstraße, which is still known today.
literature
- Hermann Lehne, Horst Kohler: Coat of arms of the Saarland: State and municipal coats of arms. Saarbrücken: Book publisher Saarbrücker Zeitung, 1981, ISBN 3-922807-06-2
Web links
- Saarland Official Gazette, No. 154/1957, p. 1164 (PDF file; 221 kB)