Pössneck

	PÖSSNECK Country : Germany State : Thüringen District (Kreis) : Saale-Orla Kreis Additions: 1892 Jüdewein 1919 Köstitz 1923 Schlettwein 1945 Öpitz 1965 Schweinitz 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":50.69369999999999976125764078460633754730224609375,"lon":11.5968999999999997640998117276467382907867431640625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Blau ein rotgekrönter goldener Löwe mit roter Zunge und Bewehrung.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were never officially granted, but have been in use since 1324. The arms show the lion of the counts of Schwarzburg, as the city became a possession of Count Heinrich von Schwarzburg in 1324.

Image gallery

Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Postal cancellation 1981
Postal cancellation 1984
The arms on a cover

Literature: Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Benzing et al, 1984; Ulle, 1997

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