Rostock

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ROSTOCK

State : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Urban District (Stadtkreis) : Hansestadt Rostock

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms combine the griffin of the Princes of Rostock with the arms of the Hanseatic League of cities. The griffin first appears on the second known seal of the city, which is known since 1367. The first seal showed a bull's head with a sun and a crescent. The third seal also shows only the griffin(below). The bull's head is the arms of Mecklenburg and the princes of Rostock were a branch of the Dukes of Mecklenburg.

Seal from 1351	Seal from 1384
Small seal from late 14th century
The arms on a 1567 coin	The arms on a 1643 coin
The arms on a 1762 coin	The arms on a 1855 coin
Seal from around 1900	The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Abdulla album, 1928	The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a manhole cover (source])	The arms on a astamp