Coat of arms of the Neukölln district
The coat of arms of the Neukölln district was taken from the city of Neukölln, which gave the district its name .
The coat of arms was awarded on April 12, 1956 by the Berlin Senate .
Blazon
“A half-split and divided shield, in the first, black field a silver communion chalice, in the second, silver field a golden-armored red eagle covered with golden clover stems on the wings and in the third, red field a silver eight-pointed cross. A red three-tower wall crown rests on the shield, the middle tower of which is covered with a small Berlin coat of arms. "
History and meaning
Neukölln
Neukölln was still called Rixdorf until 1912 and was owned by Berlin-Cölln since 1435. On April 1, 1899, Rixdorf was promoted to town, and on November 10, the magistrate provided funds for the creation of a town coat of arms. 25 drafts were repeatedly objected to by the Herald's Office until they could agree on a coat of arms with a split shield and a split top. In the lower field, tinged in red, it showed the St. John's Cross in silver, at the top right the red eagle in a silver field and at the top left a silver Hussite cup in a black field. Before the coat of arms got the royal approval, the fields had to be rearranged so that the national colors of the German Empire were black-white-red. The coat of arms was awarded by royal decree of the municipality on May 29, 1903.
The now official coat of arms shows the silver Hussite goblet in the left, black-tinged field. Above in the right, silver-tinged field the red, gold-armored Brandenburg eagle, whose outspread wings are each covered with a golden clover angel. Below in the red tinged field is the silver cross of St. John. A three-tower wall crown rests on the coat of arms, in the middle of which there is a city gate. The wall crown, which found its way into German heraldry in the 18th century, symbolizes city law. The symbols of the coat of arms reflect the historical development of the area. The Order of St. John and his court Richardsdorf founded the settlement. In 1360 they converted their farm into a village community, which later became Rixdorf. The Order of St. John is symbolized by the St. John Cross. Berlin-Cölln acquired Rixdorf from the Order of St. John in 1435. The ownership by Berlin-Cölln, but also the location within the Cöllnischen-Wiesen, is symbolized by the coat of arms of Cölln, the Brandenburg eagle. King Friedrich Wilhelm I had Bohemian colonists settle on the Schulzengut in 1737 , from which the independent municipality of Bohemian-Rixdorf emerged. Rixdorf became Deutsch-Rixdorf. In 1873 the two communities were united. The Hussite goblet is symbolic of the Bohemian colonists.
District coat of arms
Before the Neukölln coat of arms was adopted for the Neukölln district on April 12, 1956 , it was subjected to a small heraldic revision. The eagle and the chalice were slightly changed, the shield was rounded off at the bottom and the top of the wall was exchanged for the top of the wall connecting all the districts with Berlin .
After the district mergers on January 1, 2001, all of the district coats of arms, including that of the Neukölln district, were given a new crown.
Coats of arms of the districts
Of the villages of Britz , Buckow and Rudow , which were incorporated into Berlin in 1920 and incorporated into the Neukölln district , none had their own coat of arms.
See also
literature
- Heinz Machatscheck: When the heraldic bear was born Berlin-Information, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-7442-0005-1
- Werner Vogel: Berlin and its coat of arms Ullstein, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-550-07818-8
