Cottbus

	COTTBUS Country: Germany State: Brandenburg District (Kreis): Free urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1872 Ostrow 1904 Sandow 1950 Madlow 1950 Sachsendorf 1950 Saspow 1950 Schmellwitz 1950 Ströbitz 1974 Branitzer Park 1994 Branitz 1994 Dissenchen 1994 Döbbrick 1994 Kahren 1994 Maiberg 1994 Merzdorf 1994 Schlichow 1994 Sielow 1994 Skadow 1994 Willmersdorf 2003 Gallinchen 2003 Groß Gaglow 2003 Kiekebusch 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":51.75610000000000354702933691442012786865234375,"lon":14.327799999999999869260136620141565799713134765625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 2000.

The arms of Cottbus show a city wall with a small shield with a crawfish. The latter is the arms of the medieval Lords of Cottbus, who ruled the city from 1199-1445. The combination already appeared on the oldest seal of the city, dating from the early 14^th century.

The historical colours are the colours of Brandenburg (silver and red), but during DDR times different colour schemes have been used.

Image gallery

Seal from around 1900
Seal from around 1900
The arms in an album from around 1905
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Kurmark Wappenschau album from 1929
The arms in an album from around 1950
The arms in the Abdulla album, 1928
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms during DDR times
The arms during DDR times
Postal cancellation 1983
Postal cancellation 1986
Postal cancellation 1992

Literature: Bensing et al, 1984, and local newspaper clipping, 1997.

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