Roßleben-Wiehe City (Germany)

Stadt Roßleben-Wiehe, Kyffhäuserkreis, Thüringen

Last modified: 2022-10-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Roßleben-Wiehe City


• Bottendorf Borough
• Bottendorf Banner
• Bottendorf Coat of Arms


• Donndorf Borough
• Donndorf Banner
• Donndorf Coat of Arms


• Roßleben Borough
• Roßleben Banner
• Roßleben Coat of Arms


• Wiehe Borough
• Wiehe Banner
• Wiehe Coat of Arms

• Kyffhäuser County (Kyffhäuserkreis)
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• Thuringia (Thüringen, Germany)
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Roßleben-Wiehe City

The city has no proper banner.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Bottendorf Borough

Bottendorf Banner

It was a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Bottendorf Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, a sinister facing eagle Azure, armed and tongued Gules, upon his breast an inescutcheon Argent, charged with a thrift Gules.
Meaning:
The eagle is taken from the personal arms of Count Friedrich of Putelendorf (later Bottendorf), who owned a castle in the current municipality. The inescutcheon displays a thrift of the rare endemic species Armeria bottendorfensis, which can be found around the municipality, which is also name giver of the plant.
Source: Hartmut Ulle :"Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 3 February 1994 and abolisjed on 1 April 1999.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Donndorf Borough

Donndorf Banner

It was a white-green vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Donndorf Coat of Arms

Shield Vert three pines Argent issuant ordered per fess; mantled Or; at dexter charged with a sinister facing lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Azure; at sinister charged with a lion rampant Azure, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The field in base probably is referring to Kleinroda Village, which was established by forest clearnce. The red lion is taken from the family arms of the Barons of Werthern, administartors of the local monastery since 1540. The blue lion is taken from the arms of the Counts of Rabiswalde, who basically founded the village by founding a Cistercian nunnery around 1250.
Sources: Hartmut Ulle : "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Bad Langensalza, 2011 and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Banner and arms were approved not before 1998 and abolished on 1 January 2019.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Roßleben Borough

Roßleben Banner

It was a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Roßleben Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, in base three heraldic roses Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert and connected by an embowed wreath of the same with six leaves, three swords Azure, hilted Or and the hilts surrounded by ribbons Gules, their points meeting behind the central rose.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the family arms of the Counts of Roßleben, who disappeared at the end of the Thuringian Counts´ War in 1346. City seals until 1900 displayed St. Andrew instead, the local patron saint.
Source: Hartmut Ulle :"Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

The banner was approved on 4 March 1999 and the arms were approved on 12 July 1994. Banner and arms were abolished on 1 January 2019.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Wiehe Borough

Wiehe Banner

It was a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Wiehe Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, in base an inescutcheon Sable charged with a maple branch Or in bend with three leaves of the same, issuant from inescutcheon a bearded saint nimbed Or, coated Azure and holding a knife Argent by his risen dexter hand and a staff Gules in pale by his sinister hand.
Meaning:
The Benedictine Hersfeld Monastery owned estates in Wiehe before 786. In 998 a castle and a royal court existed in the village. A village developed, which belonged to the Counts of Orlamünde since 1312 and it was a fiefdom of the Wettin kin since 1346. Wiehe gained city rights in 1394. The saint is St. Bartholomew, the local patron saint, recognisable by his attributes knife and staff. The inescutcheon displays the arms of the Lords of Werthern, who bought the County of Wiehe in 1453 and gained complete control in 1461. The oldest local seals displayed the saint alone. The inescutcheon appeared first in the middle of the 16th century.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.489-490
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

Banner and arms are traditional and were abolished on 1 January 2019.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2022

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