Rockstedt

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ROCKSTEDT

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Kyffhäuserkreis

Official blazon

Geteilt; oben in Blau eine wachsende, rot bewehrte, goldene Gans mit ausgebreiteten Flügeln; unten in Silber über zwei blauen Wellen eine rote, gefugte Brücke.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 20, 1997.

The upper half shows a goose, as until the mid 1900s there were a lot of geese in the village, which were herded together around the village. The lower half symbolises the bridge over the Helbe river.