The municipal coat of arms of Nauen

recorded by Eugen Gliege

For about 600 years Nauen has got a fish in its coat of arms.Originally it was a pike, since 1720 it has been a carp. Most probably the former owner of Nauen had got a fish as a family arms that was adopted into the municipal coat of arms. Other assumptions say that the former surroundings of the "Luch" with plenty of water and so the fishing might have been the reason of choosing the coat of armer picture that is quite odd for today`s dry location of the town: a sloping blue carp on a silver material.

At the end of the 12th century at the street of Berlin to Hamburg and at a crossing of the "Havellaendische Luch" close to a castle by margravial sovereign as well as ruler from Brandenburg that was called civitas in 1305, lateron came into being a walled-in town. The castle and the noble ruler of the town vanished in the 14th century. Since 1292 Nauen as "Immediatstadt" with its council called in 1320 it had got the Lower and Upper Court since the beginning of the 16th century. In the 18th century in Nauen there was a strong garrison. On fertile ground people were doing successful agriculture. In 1800 2681 inhabitants were counted.In 1846 the town got connected to the public rail to Berlin and Hamburg. in 1893 to Ketzin, in 1901 to Senzke, in 1904 to Velten and in 1915 to Kremmen. Since 1906 there has been a large radio station.