Franconian flag
As francs flag or francs flag one is symbol of Franconia , a region in northern Bavaria and parts of Thuringia , Hesse and Baden-Württemberg designated.
description
The flag consists of two stripes of the same width, the upper one red, the lower one white or heraldic silver . A Franconian rake is usually arranged in the middle. The white lettering "Franken" on a black background above the rake is also widespread. The franc flag is neither a state symbol nor a national emblem , as the franc is only a geographical, but not an administrative unit. It is used primarily on festive days or for other purposes by private individuals and associations. On the day of francs they must also authorities are hoisted. In the Franconian administrative districts , the coat of arms of the respective district can replace the franc rake. Sometimes the flag is incorrectly displayed with reversed colors.
history
The flag goes back to the colors of the so-called Franconian rake. This first appeared in the early 14th century on the tomb of the Würzburg prince-bishop Wolfram Wolfskeel von Grumbach and in a seal of the place Gerolzhofen . It was a symbol of the Franconian ducal dignity that the Würzburg prince-bishops nominally owned. The field banner of the contingents of the Franconian Imperial Circle within the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation also wore these colors. However, the flag was not a symbol of Franconia as a whole, which did not represent an administrative unit. When a new Bavarian state coat of arms was introduced in 1835 , the responsible officials were faced with the task of also taking into account the Franconian territories. They chose the Franconian rake as a symbol of all of Franconia, which has since been integrated into the coat of arms.
Flag dispute
The Nuremberg Castle with the Franconian flag on the Heidenturm, the Nuremberg flag on the five-sided tower and the Bavarian flag on the Palas
The Franconian flag on the middle flagpole in front of the town hall of Pleinfeld , Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen , Middle Franconia
The Franconian flag on the flagpole in front of the town hall of Feucht , Nürnberger Land , Middle Franconia
The Franconian flag on the flagpole in front of the town hall of Coburg , Upper Franconia
Since the introduction of the Day of the Franks , it has been required to hoist the Franconian flag on public buildings. But since it is not a state flag , this request was rejected by the Bavarian state parliament . However, the constitutional committee of the state parliament decided in 2012 that the flag may be used as an advertising medium in addition to the flag of Germany , the Bavarian state flag and the European flag on state buildings, but that this cannot and may not be ordered by the state.
There were further disputes about the flagging of the Nuremberg Castle . In 2008 a Bavarian flag was hoisted at the castle for the first time. Many locals took this as an affront . Nuremberg SPD city councilors requested the Free State to also raise the Franconian flag. However, the request was rejected by the Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann . In the summer of 2009, Lord Mayor Ulrich Maly defused the flag dispute by hoisting the city flag alongside the German and Bavarian flags . Since it is also red and white, the version without the city arms looks like the Franconian flag. Including the required eight meter high flagpole, this resulted in costs of 25,000 euros. In summer 2012 the flag changed again: on the main building (Palas) of the castle, the German flag was replaced by the Bavarian flag. For this, the Franconian flag was hoisted on the former place of the Bavarian flag (Heidenturm). The flag of Germany now flies on a specially erected mast in the open air.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Brief Franconian coat of arms and flags ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : www.tagderfranken2013.de, accessed on December 22, 2013 (pdf)
- ↑ www.flaggenlexikon.de
- ↑ Flag dispute: The battle for the Franconian rake. In: Bayerischer Rundfunk . April 19, 2012, archived from the original on February 28, 2012 ; accessed on January 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Katja Auer, Frank Müller: Franconian flag: The avengers of the rake. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . April 20, 2012, accessed January 14, 2014 .
- ^ No Franconian flag on the Nuremberg Imperial Castle. In: tz online. August 26, 2008, archived from the original on June 17, 2009 ; accessed on January 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Isabel Lauer: Now the city flag also adorns the castle. (No longer available online.) In: Nürnberger Zeitung . July 16, 2009, archived from the original on September 4, 2012 ; accessed on January 14, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
