Schauenstein

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SCHAUENSTEIN

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Hof (until 1973 Naila)
Additions : 1972 Neudorf, Volkmannsgrün; 1978 Haidengrün, Windischengrün

Official blazon

Gespalten; vorne in Silber auf grünem Boden stehend ein Mohr mit rotem Federschurz, der mit der Rechten einen roten Stein empor hält; hinten geviert von Silber und Schwarz.

Origin/meaning

The arms were first granted on December 6, 1422 by Prince Friedrich I of Brandenburg.

Unfortunately the original picture is lost, but the seals dating from the 16th and 17^th century bear the year 1422 and show on the left part the quartered shield of the Hohenzollern family, who ruled the city in the 14^th century. The right part shows a miner with pieces of ore.

The picture may be canting (Schau den Stein, or see the stone) and has basically not changed since. In the 16^th century it was still a (white) miner, but after 1692 the figure becomes a black person.
In the 19^th century the canting part was lost and the Moor was given a pice of meat to look at. In the beginning of this century the meat was again replaced by a stone.