Last modified: 2020-11-14 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2020
Shield Or, a lion rampant Sable, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The oldest evidence is given by a seal, displaying the lion with a circumscription "Rotha". It was probably made shortly after the city was acquired by the Wettin kin from the Counts of Henneberg. The shape of the lion's tail is typical for the arms of the Margraves of Meißen. The tinctures of the margraves were fixed in the arms of Rodach by the local council in 1814.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.51
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2020
The arms are in use since the 14th century.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2020
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