Rodden

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RODDEN

State : Sachsen-Anhalt
District (Kreis) : Saalekreis (until 2008 Merseburg-Querfurt)
Incorporated into : 2010 Leuna

Official blazon
German	In Grün ein goldener Mühlstein, umlegt mit sechs goldenen Ähren.
English	No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted in 2002.

The arms show wheat and a millstone. This refers to the alleged meaning of the name of the village, which comes from a Slavic word meaning to squash wheat or to prepare wheat.

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