Altenburger Land - Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

The coat of arms displays:

  • The red rose from the arms of the city of Altenburg
  • The lion, which was the symbol of the reeves of Plauen; they had great power in the region during the 14th and 15th centuries
  • The black and gold stripes with the green ring was the coat of arms of the Saxon Wettin dynasty
  • The red acorn symbolises the skat game, which was invented in Altenburg

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