Pausa-Mühltroff

	Country : Germany State : Sachsen District (Kreis) : Vogtlandkreis Name change: until 2013 Pausa/Vogtland Additions: 1961 Oberreichenau 1974 Linda 1993 Unterreichenau 1970 Wallengrün 1994 Ebersgrün 1994 Ranspach 1994 Thierbach 2013 Mühltroff 1993 Kornbach 1994 Langenbach 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":50.5801000000000016143530956469476222991943359375,"lon":11.996700000000000585487214266322553157806396484375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold ein rotbewehrter schwarzer Löwe.
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Origin/meaning

The city initially used the golden lion on black taken from the Lords of Plauen, who ruled most of the Vogtland area in medieval times, see f.e Auerbach (Vogtland) and Plauen. in the 14th century the city became a possession of the Wettin family as part of the Margraviate of Meissen. Ever since the city uses the arms of the Margraviate, a black lion on gold.