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Guben City [Sorbian: Gubin] (Germany)

Stadt Guben, Landkreis Spree-Neiße, Brandenburg

Last modified: 2019-06-17 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Guben (Gubin) city flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 June 2019 See also:

Guben City [Sorbian: Gubin]

Guben, located on both banks of Neiße River, was split into a German and a Polish part in 1945. The Polish part was named Gubin,which is also the Sorbian name for the city. From 1961-1990 the city had been renamed Wilhelm-Pieck-Stadt Guben because Wilhelm Pieck, the first president of the German Democratic Republic, was born there, however on the nowadays Polish bank.
Source: Günther 1995 (Erwin Günther, Ostdeutsche Stadtflaggen (1): Land Brandenburg, in Der Flaggenkurier, no. 1, 1995). Stefan Schwoon, 8 Apr 2001

Guben Flag

It is a red over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 June 2019

Guben Banner

[Guben (Gubin) city banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 June 2019

It is a red-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 June 2019

Guben plain Flag

[Guben (Gubin) plain flag] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 8 Apr 2001

It was a red over white horizontal bicolour.
Source: Günther 1995 (Erwin Günther, Ostdeutsche Stadtflaggen (1): Land Brandenburg, in Der Flaggenkurier, no. 1, 1995).
Stefan Schwoon, 8 Apr 2001

Guben Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, issuant from base a castle Gules masoned Sable with three embattled towers, in centre crowned Or and in flanches with cone roofs Azure, windows Sable and three ports, in centre Sable with portcullis Or, in flanches Gules masoned Sable, on top of the embattled wall three escutcheons in bend and ordered per fess, at dexter barry of ten of Sable and Or superimposed by a crancelin Vert, in centre Gules a lion rampant double queued Argent, at sinister Argent an eagle Sable.
Meaning:
The existence of city arms is proven since around 1270, based on city seals. The oldest one displayed three single towers. A seal from 1643 had been the first, displaying a crowned central tower. The escutcheons were added in the middle of the 19th century, displaying the arms of Saxony (dexter), Bohemia (centre) and Prussia (sinister), all being former rulers of the city. The tinctures of a few details changed in the past.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, p.178
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 June 2019

The current pattern of the arms was approved on 15 December 1992.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 June 2019

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