Rosswein

	ROSSWEIN Country :Germany State : Sachsen District (Kreis) : Mittelsachsen (until 2008 Döbeln) Additions:(to see click on expand) 1952 Ullrichsberg 1969 Seifersdorf 1994 Gleisberg 1974 Wetterwitz 1950 Wettersdorf 1994 Haßlau 1950 Naußlitz 1950 Ossig 1950 Zweinig 2013 Niederstriegis 1935 Mahlitzsch 1950 Hohenlauft 1973 Grunau 1994 Littdorf 1970 Otzdorf 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":51.0645999999999986584953148849308490753173828125,"lon":13.1834000000000006735945135005749762058258056640625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, showing a horse (Ross) in front of a grape (Wein=wine). The combination already appeared in a 14^th century seal of the city. The colours are known since the 17^th century and have not changed since.

Image gallery

Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the 1980s
Postal cancellation 1991
Postal cancellation 2004

Heraldic Bibliography:Bensing et al, 1984

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