Rheinhausen (Breisgau)
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RHEINHAUSEN
State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Emmendingen
Additions : 1972 Niederhausen, Oberhausen
Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on Febrary 12, 1973.
The arms are those of Oberhausen, with a fish instead of a scythe. The fish is taken as a symbol for fisheries in the Rhein river and for the river itself.
Literature : John and Heine, 1989