Heroldsbach Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Heroldsbach, Landkreis Forchheim, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-09-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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Heroldsbach Municipality

Heroldsbach Banner

It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2021

Heroldsbach Flag

It is a yellow-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2021

Heroldsbach Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Gules a lion's head caboshed Or holding a fleur-de-lis of the same by his jaw, at sinister Or a demi-ibex rampant issuant Sable.
Meaning:
Heroldsbach was one of the 14 villages that formed the Bishopric of Bamberg, represented in the arms by the colours black and golden, which was established in 1007 by the German King Heinrich II. The ibex is taken from the family arms of the Lords of Gotsmann, lion's head and fleur-de-lid from the family arms of the Lords of Bünau. Both kins had been vassals of the bishopric.
Source: Klemens Stadler and Albrecht von und zu Egloffstein: "Die Wappen der oberfränkischen Landkreise, Städte, Märkte und Gemeinden" , in "Die Plassenburg, Schriften für Heimatforschung und Kulturpflege in Ostfranken vol.48", Kulmbach 1990, p.221
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 23 September 1974 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberfranken.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2021

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