
Last modified: 2022-11-05 by  klaus-michael schneider
 klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: rosenthal(rennsteig) | blankenstein(thueringen) | fess(wavy) | hammer and mallet | roll(paper) | 
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
The municipality has no proper banner.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022 
It was a yellow-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022 
Shield Or parted by a fess wavy of six barrulets alternating of Azure and Argent, chief Or hammer and mallet Sable in saltire hafted Gules, chief Azure three rolls of paper Argent ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
The barrulets wavy are a representation of the Saale River. Hammer and mallet, the symbols of mining, are referring to the depletion of ore, which was depleted since 1371, when also a hammer mill existed in the village. The rolls are referring to the local production of paper and pulp.
Sources: Hartmut Ulle : "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Bad Langensalza, 2011 and 
German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022  
The arms were approved on 18 August 1927. Banner and arms were abolished on 1 January 2019.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2022
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