Saalfeld/Saale

	SAALFELD/SAALE Country :Germany State : Thüringen District (Kreis) : Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Additions:(to see click on expand) 1950 Obernitz 1950 Remschütz 1963 Gorndorf 1994 Beulwitz 2011 Arnsgereuth 2018 Saalfelder Höhe 1997 Bernsdorf 1997 Burkersdorf 1997 Dittersdorf 1997 Dittrichshütte 1950 Braunsdorf 1957 Birkenheide 1997 Eyba 1997 Kleingeschwenda bei Arnsgereuth 1997 Lositz-Jehmichen 1960 Jehmichen 1960 Lositz 1997 Reschwitz 1965 Knobelsdorf 1997 Unterwirbach 1997 Volkmannsdorf 1997 Wickersdorf 1997 Wittmannsgereuth 1997 Witzendorf 2018 Wittgendorf 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":50.64779999999999660076355212368071079254150390625,"lon":11.3602000000000007418066161335445940494537353515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Grün zwei aufgerichtete abgewendete silberne Barben, begleitet von zwei sechseckigen silbernen Sternen.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms show two fish and two stars. This composition is taken from the 16^th century seals of the city. The fish probably indicate the importance of fisheries in the Saale river. The oldest seal of the city, dating from the 13^th century, shows a castle and the patron saint, St. John Baptist. Later seals show either the lion of the Counts of Schwarzburg, St. John or a castle with the shield of the Counts of Meissen, depending to whom the city belonged at the time. Since the 16^th century only the fish appear on the seals.

Image gallery

Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a manhole cover (in Kulmbach)
Postal cancellation 1982
Postal cancellation 1984
The arms on a cover

Heraldic Bibliography:Hupp, O:Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Benzing et al, 1984; Ulle, 1998

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