Coat of arms of the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district

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Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district,
Bavaria
Coat of arms of the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
Blazon

“Above the foot of the shield, in it monkshood of silver and blue, split; in front three times divided by red and gold, behind in gold a half, red armed black eagle at the gap. "

Basic data
Introduction: 1976
Legal basis: Decision of the district council and approval of the government of Middle Franconia
Supporting documents: Letter from the government of Central Franconia dated March 8, 1976
Changes: no

The coat of arms of the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district is the emblem of the Central Franconian district .

Blazon

“Above the foot of the shield , in it monkshood of silver and blue, split; in front three times divided by red and gold, behind in gold a half, red armed black eagle at the gap. "

history

With the district reform of 1972, the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen was created from the district of Weißenburg in Bavaria , the district of Gunzenhausen and the previously independent city of Weißenburg in Bavaria, as well as some communities in adjacent districts. In 1976, following a resolution by the district council and the approval of the government of Central Franconia, the coat of arms, which is still valid today, was approved for the district.

The coat of arms indicates the history of the district. The family coat of arms of the Counts of Truhendingen with red-gold division stands for the former Hohentrüdingen Oberamt of the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach . It was taken from the coat of arms of the Gunzenhausen district. The half imperial eagle on a golden background indicates the imperial city of Weißenburg . The silver-blue rows of Eisenhütlein refer to the powerful Imperial Hereditary Marshals of Pappenheim . It was taken from the coat of arms of the Weißenburg district in Bavaria.

literature

  • Klemens Stadler : Deutsche Wappen, Volume 1. , Bremen, 1964, p. 41 (old district of Gunzenhausen), p. 95 (old district of Weißenburg i.Bay.)
  • Robert Steimel : The coats of arms of the federal German districts , Cologne-Zollstock, 1964, p. 68 (old district Gunzenhausen), p. 70 (old district Weißenburg i.Bay.)
  • Erich Dieter Linder , Günter Olzog : The German districts: coat of arms, history, structure , Augsburg 1996, p. 127

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The coat of arms of the district , www.landkreis-wug.de, District Office Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
  2. ↑ Our Bavaria. Local supplement of the Bayerische Staatszeitung, 1977, p. 16; 1956, p. 40