Coat of arms of the Pankow district
The coat of arms of the Pankow district was awarded to the district on July 28, 2009 by the Berlin Senate . The design of the coat of arms was made by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch from Magdeburg .
Process of finding the coat of arms and order
On October 1, 2007, the Pankow district office called for a public ideas competition for a new district coat of arms. 40 submissions were presented to the public from April 7th to May 18th, 2008. The implementation was carried out by a coat of arms commission convened by the district office, whose jury discussed the submitted contributions at the beginning of April 2008. Then a graphic artist with heraldic experience is to implement the coat of arms. This final draft will be submitted to the Senate Department for Interior and Sport for approval and award of the new district coat of arms after the district council's assembly has taken part.
The template prepared by the district office for information was dealt with by the 15th session of the district council meeting on April 30, 2008 under agenda item 2.10 (printed matter VI-0055). This template states:
“The commission has agreed to recommend to the district office to instruct the heraldist, Jörg Mantzsch , to process different elements from the submitted ideas in a newly developed coat of arms draft.
The following are specified by the commission as the essential elements of this draft to be drawn up:
• two-part coat of arms;
• a goal dominant in the upper part:
- tripartite, also three passages, open or a gate with open wings, without reinforcement, without battlements; stylized without reference to an existing building;
• in the base of the shield: a Katharinen wheel (without sword) and hop cones; Shield foot should be raised;
• There was no specification by the commission for the tincture , but a solution should be found that works with three colors. "
The coat of arms was originally supposed to be awarded by the end of 2008, but there was a dispute over pictorial details between the commissioned heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and the responsible city councilor for culture, Michail Nelken. The heraldist insisted on his heraldic representation of the coat of arms elements and finally resigned the order in early November 2008. After a meeting with the full coat of arms commission in early January 2009, he resumed work. An application by the Greens calls on the district office to quickly complete the process of finding the coat of arms and to submit a quorum draft by the meeting of the district assembly on March 4, 2009.
On February 24, 2009, the district office submitted a draft coat of arms, which was submitted to the district assembly on March 4, 2009 for resolution. After examining the heraldic and historical requirements in the responsible department of the Senator for Interior and Sports, the design of the coat of arms was submitted unchanged to the Senate. In its session on July 28, 2009, the Senate of Berlin awarded the district of Pankow the new district coat of arms on presentation of the Senator for Interior and Sports, Ehrhart Körting . The district of Pankow can now carry the new coat of arms of the district in addition to the state coat of arms, emblazoned as
“In silver above a continuous red wall abutting above without joints with three open gates without gate wings, the middle of the arches wider and higher than the outer ones; below an eight-spoke red wheel, above its center on both sides accompanied by a green hop umbel with a leaf. A red three-tower wall crown rests on the shield, the central tower of which is covered with the Berlin coat of arms. "
History and meaning
Pankow
The coat of arms of Pankow was designed according to the village seal, which the rural community, first mentioned in 1311, has been using since the beginning of the 19th century. A round blue stamp was used as a seal, bearing the inscription "DORFFSIEGEL VON PANKOW" . The inscription was framed outside and inside with a smooth line. The diameter of the stamp seal was 28 millimeters. The coat of arms was carried, although Pankow as a rural community was actually not capable of coats of arms . In a silver shield it shows two crossed golden grain yars on green ground, held together by a silver ribbon. A golden rake is stuck into the sheaves upright, a golden flail to the right and a scythe with a blue leaf to the left. All three devices have a red handle. The sheaves are covered with two overturned and diagonally crossed blue spades with red stems. Grain stacks and agricultural implements in coats of arms always indicate the agricultural activity of the population; it is the same with Pankow.
The old district of Pankow
For the district of Pankow , which was formed in 1920 with the creation of Greater Berlin , not only the name of the rural community was adopted for the district, but also its coat of arms. In addition to the rural community of Pankow, eight other rural communities and five manor districts were incorporated into the district. Some of them also had their own coat of arms. Since most of the district area was used for agriculture, the coat of arms can be used both as a motif and in its interpretation for the entire district.
For the 750th anniversary of Berlin in 1987, the lifelike depiction of the coat of arms motifs was revised and the coat of arms was officially awarded.
After German reunification, and thus also of Berlin, most of the coats of arms of the former districts of East Berlin were revised or redesigned. Since more than half of the total area of the district was still used for agriculture in the second half of the 20th century, there was no need to change the coat of arms. The depiction of the motifs was only once again heraldically revised and the shield was given a red three-tower wall crown , the central tower of which is covered with the Berlin coat of arms. The top of the wall connects all districts with Berlin and with each other.
Prenzlauer Berg district
The Prenzlauer Berg district was formed when Greater Berlin was created in 1920 from parts of the Rosenthaler Vorstadt and the outer Königsviertel , which were incorporated into Berlin in 1841. There was no coat of arms until 1920.
The district had a coat of arms that was not officially approved. This coat of arms was quartered in red and silver. In the first red field there is a tower-like, golden tinged round building and in the second silver field an upright, red-tongued black bear, the Berlin heraldic bear, looking to the right. The two fields below are not used. The tower-like round building symbolizes the water tower that stands in the area of the district. This water tower with its own history was the first water tower in Berlin and is called "Fat Hermann" by the population. The Berlin heraldic bear symbolizes that the district belongs to Berlin.
For the 750th anniversary of Berlin in 1987, the Prenzlauer Berg district was given a new coat of arms by the East Berlin magistrate. This coat of arms was designed by the architect Günther Stahn. The new coat of arms shows in a silver, divided shield split at the top in the first field a tower-like brown round building. In the second field, as in the previous coat of arms, is the red-tongued Berlin heraldic bear standing upright and looking to the right. In the lower field, a green mountain rises above a golden shield base. Behind the mountain, half covered by the mountain top, grows a brown plinth on which there is a red flag waving to the left. The base is accompanied by three strongly stylized green deciduous trees with white trunks. A high-rise complex with gold and brown tinges forms the background.
As in the previous coat of arms, the tower-like round building symbolizes Berlin's first water tower. And the bear again stands for the borough's affiliation to Berlin. The green mountain sees itself as a talking motif in relation to the district name. The lower coat of arms as a whole symbolizes the Ernst-Thälmann-Park , which was opened on the 100th birthday of Ernst Thälmann on April 16, 1986. The high-rise complex symbolizes the prefabricated housing estates built near the park. This shield content was intended to characterize both the past and the present of the borough.
After the reunification of Germany and thus also of Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district was given a new coat of arms. The coat of arms shows four black windmill blades in a golden shield, which are aligned diagonally. A green cluster of six berries floats between the upper windmill blades and a hop cone between the lower windmill blades. A red three-tower wall crown rests on the shield , the central tower of which is covered with the Berlin coat of arms. The top of the wall connects all districts with Berlin and with each other.
Before the mountain was renamed “Prenzlauer Berg”, it was called “Windmühlenberg”. It owes its name to the many windmills that stood here until the middle of the 19th century and made the area the most important mill location in Berlin . This is to be symbolized by the windmill wings in the coat of arms. By the middle of the 19th century, many schnapps distilleries and beer breweries had also settled here, so that the area also became an important brewery base for the city. This is symbolized by the grape and the hop cones in the coat of arms.
Weissensee
Weißensee used a seal that shows a laurel wreath and the inscription "DORFSIEGEL ZV WEISSENSEE" . Only with the union of the communities Weißensee and Neu-Weißensee in 1905 was the coat of arms of Weißensee put into use. But it has not been officially confirmed. The coat of arms shows in a silver shield a six-spoke red straightening wheel set with 14 crooked iron blue knives. An overturned steel-colored sword with a golden handle is inserted through the straightening wheel .
The coat of arms was designed by pastor Alexander Giertz based on an altarpiece of Saint Catherine found in Weißensee . Saint Catherine was venerated as the patron saint of the old church of Wittenze, as Weissensee was previously called. Catherine was wheeled and beheaded under the Roman Emperor Maxentius in 307. The executioner's tools , a straightening wheel and sword, were among the attributes in their illustrations and were adopted by Pastor Giertz for the coat of arms.
This coat of arms was also contemptuously referred to as a torture emblem by the Weißensee population. Therefore, on August 8, 1912, they proposed a different coat of arms. It should symbolize the community wedding of Weißensee and Neu-Weißensee. Stepping one behind the other, a man and a woman should carry a large key on their shoulders. However, approval was refused by the authorities.
Weissensee district
As with most districts, the coat of arms of the district that gave it its name was adopted for the district of Weißensee without official approval. Over the decades the population has accepted the coat of arms, so that it was no longer necessary to change the coat of arms.
For the 750th anniversary of Berlin in 1987, the lifelike depiction of the coat of arms motifs was revised and the coat of arms was officially awarded.
Even after German reunification, and thus also Berlin, there was no need to change the coat of arms. It was only provided with a red three-tower wall crown , the middle tower of which is covered with the Berlin coat of arms. The top of the wall connects all districts with Berlin and with each other.
The new district of Pankow
As part of the district merger of January 1, 2001, the three districts of Pankow, Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee were merged into one, the district of Pankow . While the name of the district has been determined, the process of finding the coat of arms will not be completed until July 28, 2009 when the Senate has confirmed the district coat of arms.
“The gate with its three arches stands for the three exit districts and embodies tradition at the same time: through Rosenthaler Tor, Königstor, Prenzlauer Tor and Schönhauser Tor - none are still preserved as a monument today, but the names still exist in the urban topography - led to important arterial roads Berlin to the north.
The image of the wheel is borrowed from the emblem of Saint Catherine (sword and wheel), the patron saint of the Weißensee village church . It was part of the coat of arms of the former Weißensee district. In the new coat of arms it is designed as a wagon wheel.
The hops umbel was already to be found in the coat of arms of the former Prenzlauer Berg district. "
The official derivation of the coat of arms must be described as unsatisfactory in relation to the port shown. Since a new coat of arms was designed, the rules of the coat of arms association certainly did not have to be observed. It was more important for the citizens' acceptance that there were references to all three former districts in the new coat of arms. This was sufficiently achieved for Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee, as described. The former district of Pankow has found its equivalent in the coat of arms with the listed portal of the Bürgerpark . The gates named in the derivation of the coat of arms belonged to the Berlin customs wall , which was torn down in the 19th century and which was in front of the areas of today's Pankow district.
Coats of arms of the districts
Before being incorporated into Greater Berlin, some of the rural communities had their own coats of arms, which lost their validity with the incorporation and disappeared from official use.
Blankenfelde
The rural community of Blankenfelde only had a round color seal. The seal shows a dung fork and a pitchfork, which are crossed upright and tied together on the ground. The inscription "DORF-SIEGEL ZU BLANKENFELDE" is framed by a smooth line on the outside.
book
The coat of arms of the rural community of Buch is taken from a preserved color stamp of the community. The stamp in blue color and 25 mm in diameter bears the inscription "DORFSIEGEL VON BUCH" and is framed with a smooth line on the outside. The coat of arms shows a green beech with a brown trunk in a silver shield and on a flat mountainous green shield base. To the left of the beech tree sits a red fox. The coat of arms of Buch is a talking coat of arms. The beech in the coat of arms stands for the originally Slavic name "buk", beech. The fox, in Low German Voss, stands for the Counts of Voss-Buch , who were the landlords of Fideikommiss Buch, founded in 1767 (1676–1898). In 1898 they sold Buch to the city of Berlin.
French Buchholz
The coat of arms of Buchholz shows a green beech with a brown trunk in a silver shield and on a flat mountainous green shield base with a turf. A silver-armored red eagle grows out of the treetop. The beech is, as in the coat of arms of Buch, a motif of a talking coat of arms and refers to the place name. The red eagle represents the Brandenburg eagle and symbolizes belonging to the Mark Brandenburg .
Niederschönhausen
The coat of arms of the rural community Niederschönhausen shows in a silver shield and on green ground a green pine with a brown trunk. Behind the trunk are a golden rake and a scythe with a golden handle and blue leaf crossed diagonally. The intersection of the two devices is to the right of the trunk and is covered by a fallen golden pitchfork, which is leaning against the tree. The agricultural implements are symbolic of the main livelihood of the population at that time. The tree symbolizes the forest wealth of the former community.
Rosenthal
The former northern suburb of Rosenthal is also a community that operated agriculture. This fact is expressed by a very simple coat of arms. In a green shield it shows a floating, simple golden grain of grain, which is held together by a red ribbon tied in a bow.
This coat of arms was taken from the Rosenthal village seal. The village seal was a color stamp with a diameter of 31 mm and dates from the middle of the 19th century. It shows the shield with the sheaf, which is held by the two wild men of the Prussian state coat of arms standing on the ground, carrying clubs, and which is decorated with a nobility crown. The seal bears the inscription "DORFF SIEGEL VON ROSENTHAL" and is framed by a smooth line on the outside and inside.
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
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ideas competition for the Pankow coat of arms , press release from the Pankow District Office from October 1, 2007
- ↑ Newsletter April 2008 of the Office for Culture and Education Pankow ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 859 kB)
- ↑ District Office advises on the proposal of the Wappenkommission , press release of the District Office Pankow of April 8, 2008
- ↑ Document VI-0055 ( 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.
- ↑ "Expert returns the order for coats of arms" , Berliner Morgenpost , November 13, 2008
- ↑ "Pankow coat of arms dispute settled" , Berliner Morgenpost , January 12, 2009
- ↑ “Successfully complete the coat of arms process” ( 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; 12 kB), Application VI-0618, printed matter from the Pankow District Council of Berlin, December 10, 2008
- ↑ "District Office makes decision on Pankow district coat of arms" , press release, District Office Pankow, February 20, 2009
- ↑ a b "Draft of the Pankower coat of arms" ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 175 kB), Pankow district office, February 24, 2009
- ↑ a b “District Parliament decides on new coat of arms” , SPD Berlin-Nord-Ost, March 3, 2009
- ↑ a b c Press release of July 28, 2009, 1:20 p.m., Interior, Pankow district with new coat of arms
- ↑ "Pankow settles a dispute over coats of arms". In: Der Tagesspiegel , February 26, 2009
