Dessau-Roßlau

DESSAU-ROSSLAU Country: Germany State: Sachsen-Anhalt District (Kreis): Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) Additions: (to see click on expand) 2007 Dessau 1923 Alten 1923 Großkühnau 1923 Kleinkühnau 1923 Törten 1923 Ziebigk 1930 Dellnau 1930 Jonitz 1930 Naundorf 1930 Pötnitz 1930 Scholitz (until 1933) 1935 Roßlau (until 1945) 1945 Mildensee 1945 Waldersee 1950 Kochstedt 1952 Mosigkau 1994 Kleutsch 1994 Sollnitz 2005 Brambach 2005 Rodleben 2007 Roßlau 1965 Meinsdorf 2001 Streetz 2003 Mühlstedt Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.8633999999999986130205797962844371795654296875,"lon":12.234899999999999664623828721232712268829345703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German

Geviert; Feld 1: in Silber am Spalt ein rechtshalber roter Adler, golden bewehrt und rot gezungt, Feld 2: neunmal geteilt Schwarz über Gold, belegt mit schrägrechtem grünen Rautenkranz, Feld 3: geviert von Gold und Rot, Feld 4: in Silber auf blauem Wasser ein linkshin fahrendes rotes Schiff, auf dem gesetzten goldenen Segel ein links gewendeter, stehender schwarzer Bär mit silberner Krone und je einem abgewendeten silbernen Beil in den Vordertatzen; die Mastspitze belegt mit einem blauen Karpfen; die Bugfahne Blau über Weiß. Als Beizeichen abgesetzt über dem Schildhaupt eine stilisierte rote Mauerkrone mit fünf Tortürmen.

English

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 22, 2007.

The arms are a combination of the old arms of Dessau, with the addition of the ship of Rosslau. The lower half of the Dessau arms was divided to make it possible to add the ship. See for the meaning the history as mentioned for the two towns.

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  Postal cancellation 2007

Literature: Image fromhere

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