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Hohenfurch Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Hohenfurch, Landkreis Weilhaim-Schongau, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-12-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Hohenfurch municipal banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2021
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Hohenfurch Municipality

Hohenfurch Banner

It is a white-green-yellow vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2021

Hohenfurch Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent a bull rampant Sable with horns Gules issuant from dexter, at sinister Vert a wyvern Or.
Meaning:
The bull displays a differentiation of the family arms of the Lords of Hohenegg, a black bull with golden horns. The lords had the low level cognisance in the upper village of Hohenfurch until the end of the 16th century. The wyvern, described as dragon, is taken from the arms of the Benedictine St. Mang Monastery in Füssen, which displays St. Magnus with staff and a dragon at his feet. The monastery had the low level cognisance in the lower village until 1785.
Source: "Unser Bayern", appendix of Bayerische Staatszeitung, a newspaper, 1978, p.72
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 1 August 1977 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberbayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Dec 2021


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