Rauschenberg

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RAUSCHENBERG

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Marburg-Biedenkopf (until 1973 Marburg)
Additions : 1972 Albshausen, Bracht, Ernsthausen, Josbach, Schwabendorf, Wolfskaute

Official blazon

Im von Schwarz und Gold geteilten Schild oben ein achtstrahliger silberner Stern.

Origin/meaning

Rauschenberg became a city in 1266 and the oldest seal dates from the same time. As the city was a possession of the Counts of Ziegenhain, the seal showed a knight, holding a small shield with the present arms. These are the oldest arms of the Counts of Ziegenhain. Later seals only show this shield, sometimes with the typical goat-headed eagle (see Ziegenhain) as a crest.