Coat of arms of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district
The coat of arms of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district was created after the Berlin district reform from the coats of arms of the previously existing Tempelhof and Schöneberg districts .
The coat of arms was awarded to the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district on March 25, 2003 by the Berlin State Senate .
Blazon
“In the shield, split in silver and gold by a green rod, above a green arched base with a central dome in front, a floating red cross with widened ends, behind a striding red deer. 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
Schöneberg
On April 1, 1898, the community of Schöneberg, first mentioned in a document in 1264, was permitted by the highest decree to adopt the town regulations. But it was not until a year later that the Minister of the Interior carried out the decree. As early as 1890, the Schöneberg municipal council tried in vain to get a municipal coat of arms approved. After obtaining town charter, the Schöneberg magistrate took up the question of the coat of arms again. The draft of the Schöneberg town planning councilor Paul Egeling was revised by the royal heraldic office according to heraldic aspects and has remained almost unchanged to this day. On August 7, 1899, another very high decree granted the municipality the right to use a coat of arms, and the designed coat of arms was approved by cabinet orders.
The coat of arms of Schöneberg shows in a golden shield on a green three-mountain, in the shield base, a natural-colored pine, green needles, a brown trunk and branches. The pine is accompanied on both sides by a red stag turning towards the tree. With the "beautiful mountain" in the shield base, this coat of arms is considered to be speaking. According to the description of the heraldist Otto Hupp , the former electoral hunting lodge was located on the grounds of the castle brewery, of which a component is still located. However, the existence of the hunting lodge cannot be proven. A large part of the Schöneberg district was covered by forest until the 19th century. The pine and deer typical of the Mark Brandenburg are supposed to remind of the old times. The golden tinging of the shield symbolizes the wealth that the few owners of the entire district achieved through the rapid growth of the neighboring capital and residence city of Berlin.
Schöneberg district
The Schöneberg district received its coat of arms on January 23, 1956 from the Berlin Senate. As in most of Berlin's districts, the coat of arms of the eponymous district was adopted. The shield shape was adapted to the shield shapes of the other district coats of arms , and a red three-tower wall crown was placed 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. Even if the former independent rural community of Friedenau , which had its own unofficial coat of arms, was incorporated into the Schöneberg district when Greater Berlin was formed in 1920 , the meaning of the coat of arms motifs has not changed. Friedenau is not located on the "beautiful mountain", but it was also forested before settlement.
Tempelhof
The village of Tempelhof was first mentioned in 1247. It was founded by the Knights Templar and it also owes its name to it. The settlement and later rural community never had its own coat of arms.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the rural community and today's Berlin district of Tempelhof have repeatedly been assigned a coat of arms with a gold-armored silver stag in a red shield jumping up to the left. Even today you can still find this assignment. The coat of arms described is the coat of arms of the Berlin citizen family Tempelhof. The heraldist Otto Hupp is responsible for this incorrect assignment of the coat of arms . He is said to have admitted his mistake in 1935.
Tempelhof district
For the Tempelhof district, the Schmitz district council submitted a draft coat of arms for the district to the district council in 1949. This design showed the Berlin heraldic bear in a split shield on the left in a silver field in black. The red Templar cross is in the right golden field . The bear was supposed to symbolize belonging to Berlin, while the Balkenkreuz was taken from a seal of the Kommende Lietzen . The cross is also intended to commemorate the Knights Templar , the founder of the Tempelhof settlement and under whose protection the Marienfelde settlement, which was incorporated into the district, was at that time.
There was no agreement in the district on this draft, however, and disputes over the correct shape of the seal ensued for several years. A study group for the care of the local history found that the cross had a different shape. Finally, with the help of the heraldist Ottfried Neubecker, who also designed the current Berlin coat of arms, a new coat of arms was drawn up, which was presented to the district office on April 24, 1957. Accepted by the district councilors and the Berlin Senate, the coat of arms was awarded to the Tempelhof district on June 3, 1957.
The coat of arms shows a floating red cross in a silver shield with arms slightly widened at the ends. The cross is that of the Knights Templar and, as already described above, reminds of the founders of the settlement. 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.
Tempelhof-Schöneberg district
As part of the district merger of January 1, 2001, the two districts of Tempelhof and Schöneberg were merged into one district. Since the two former districts each had their own historical and cultural past, one district could not simply be integrated into the other. On the one hand, this found expression in the new double name of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district and, on the other hand, a new coat of arms had to be found that does justice to both former districts.
The solution was found in the merging of the two individual ones into a common coat of arms. For this purpose, the shield was divided by a green stick, which is reminiscent of the trunk of the pine in Schöneberg's coat of arms. The arch base with a central dome was adopted from the Schöneberg coat of arms as the motif of the talking coat of arms. The left golden field with a striding red stag also comes from Schöneberg's coat of arms. The three mentioned motifs symbolize the former Schöneberg district. In the right silver field with a floating red Templar cross, the old coat of arms of Tempelhof found its way into the new coat of arms of the new district. On the coat of arms rests the revised version of the 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.
The coat of arms was awarded to the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district on March 25, 2003 by the Berlin State Senate .
Coats of arms of the districts
Of the rural communities that were incorporated into Greater Berlin in 1920 , only Friedenau and Marienfelde had a coat of arms. Both coats of arms were never officially approved.
Friedenau
The name of the community of Friedenau , founded in 1871, is an allusion to the peace treaty in the Franco-Prussian War (1870/71). In November 1913, the municipality acquired its own coat of arms with the same symbolic content. However, the coat of arms lacked official approval. Since January 28, 1916, the municipality also had the coat of arms in the seal. The coat of arms shows a silver angel in a silver robe in a blue shield on a green ground sprinkled with red and silver flowers . The angel has golden hair and wings. The halo is tinged with red. In his right hand the angel holds a green palm of peace.
Marienfelde
Marienfelde , which was created around 1220 as a peasant settlement under the protection of the Templars, became the property of the Order of St. John after the Order of Templars was dissolved in 1312 . The officially unapproved coat of arms of Marienfeld shows three silver lilies in a blue shield head, arranged side by side. Below you can see a silver stepped gable in a red field with three steps on each side. The gable is covered with a red St. John's Cross , on which a silver dove looking to the left sits with a green twig in its beak. The lilies are the symbol of innocence, the dove is considered a Christian symbol of the pure spirit and reconciliation. The Johanniterkreuz refers to the Johanniter as village lords.
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
- District coat of arms on berlin.de
