File:Rostock Wappen.svg

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DescriptionRostock Wappen.svg	Deutsch: Wappen der Hansestadt Rostock. Blasonierung: »Das Stadtwappen ist ein geteilter Schild; oben in Blau ein schreitender goldener Greif mit aufgeworfenem Schweif und ausgeschlagener roter Zunge; unten von Silber über Rot geteilt.« (Hauptsatzung der Hansestadt Rostock (vom 7. Juni 2005): §1, Abs.2) English: Coat of Arms of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. Blazon: Party per fess Azure a griffin passant Or langed Gules, the base also per fess Argent and Gules.
Date	10 April 1858
Source	Own work using: DEU Rostock COA.svg: and Hauptsatzung der Hansestadt Rostock (Amts- und Mitteilungsblatt der Hansestadt Rostock Nr. 17 vom 30. August 2006) (PDF; 67 kB). rathaus.rostock.de 1. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved on 2025-07-14.
Author	Original: Hans Schweitzer Vector: N3MO
Other versions	Brockhaus, 1898 Eine Darstellung des Wappens in der DDR DDR-Darstellung von der Stadt benutzte Darstellung
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:06, 14 July 2025	677 × 707 (103 KB)	Sebastian Wallroth	Cropped 6 % horizontally, 6 % vertically, 12 % areawise using CropTool with lossless mode. Removed border.
	16:17, 14 November 2022	675 × 706 (103 KB)	Kerl am Cembalo	Neuer Versuch
	16:16, 14 November 2022	631 × 659 (103 KB)	Kerl am Cembalo	Farbton der Zunge für einheitliche Farbgebung angepasst.
	16:11, 19 June 2021	675 × 706 (108 KB)	PhillippPMS	Reverted to version as of 16:18, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
	16:09, 19 June 2021	630 × 658 (108 KB)	PhillippPMS	Randunregelmäßigkeiten entfernt
	16:18, 20 November 2013	675 × 706 (108 KB)	N3MO	Grafische Version des Greifen von Perhelion genutzt und in Details korrigiert, wo die Darstllung unkorrekt oder unvollständig war.
	09:33, 7 August 2008	675 × 706 (297 KB)	Darkone
	17:31, 22 September 2006	675 × 706 (330 KB)	N3MO
	09:48, 2 September 2006	675 × 739 (250 KB)	N3MO
	09:40, 2 September 2006	1,088 × 1,250 (249 KB)	N3MO