Sonneberg City (Germany)

Stadt Sonneberg, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thüringen

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Sonneberg City

Sonneberg Banner

It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021

Sonneberg Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a double queued lion rampant Sable, armed and tongued Gules, accompanied in base by two 8-point stars Sable.
Meaning:
Sonneberg Castle had been built by commissionaires of the Dukes of Andechs-Meranien around 1200. After the kin had died out, the little lordship was acquired by the Counts of Henneberg. Beneath the castle developed a village named Röthen. It was called a small city (German: Stäädtlein) in 1317. City rights were granted officially in 1349 by Countess Jutta of Henneberg. In 1353 the city was acquired by the Margraves of Meißen from the Wettin kin together with Coburg. It was acquired by the Ernestine branch in 1418, by Sachsen-Coburg in 1572, by Sachsen-Altenburg in 1640, by Sachsen-Gotha in 1672 and finally by Sachsen-Meiningen in 1699, confirmed in 1918. The amrs are based on a city seal of Sonneberg from the 16th century. The arms are basically those of the Margraves of Meißen. The stars are just distinguishing marks, which had been abolished in the 19th century and restored in 1934.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.427-429
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 5 October 1934.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2021

Haselbach Borough

Haselbach Banner

It was a green-white-green vertical bicolour with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top and in the white stripe.
Source: information provided per email on 12 June 2021 by Jörg Majewski
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2021

Haselbach Coat of Arms

Shield parted by three connected barrulets wavy Argent, above Vert three hazelnuts Argent in fess, beneath Sable fretty of bends and bars Argent.
Meaning:
The barrulets wavy are representing the name giving Haselbach, a creek. Together with the hazelnuts the barrulets are canting. Haselbach is located near the Schiefergebirge mountains in Thüringen. In the mountains slate was depleted, represented by the lower half. Slate is used widely as tiles on the roofs and walls of the local houses.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 4 March 1996 and abolished on 31 December 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2021

Hönbach Borough

Hönbach Banner

It is a white-red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top in the red stripe.
Source: information provided per email on 12 June 2021 by Jörg Majewski
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2021

Hönbach Coat of Arms

The shield is parted into nine quarters by a fess wavy and a pale, the tinctures are chequered of Gules and Argent, all quarters except the empty quarter in centre are charged with a hornbeam leaf in counterchanged tinctures.
Meaning:
Hönbach was incorporated into Sonneberg on 1 December 1922, divested on 1 February 1984 and again incorporated on 30 June 1994. The arms are canting, as Hönbach means "creek at the hornbeams". The fess wavy is symbolising the creek, the leaves are symbolising the hornbeams (Latin: Carpinus betulus).
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2021

Banner and arms were abolished on 30 June 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2021

Oberlind Borough

Oberlind Banner

It was a green-white-red vertical bicolour.
Source: Heinz Stoob (editor): "Deutsches Städtebuch", vol.II, Stuttgart 1941
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2021

The flag colours are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2021

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