Wildflecken Market Town (Germany)

Markt Wildflecken, Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-11-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Wildflecken Market Town
• Wildflecken Banner
• Wildflecken Coat of Arms

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Wildflecken Market Town

Wildflecken Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2021

Wildflecken Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a forester issuant dressed Argent, holding a horn Or by his dexter hand and an axe Argent hafted Or by his sinister hand, base Argent charged with two maces Gules in saltire.
Meaning:
Wildflecken municipality merged with Oberbach Market Town and gained its title in 1978. Wildflecken had been established by forest clearance at the beginning of the 16th century in the Salt Forest (German: Salzforst) by the Foresters of Lebenhan on behalf of the Bishopric of Würzburg. The first settlers had been charburners, huntsmen and foresters. The forester and the axe are alluding to the local history. The base displayed the differentiated arsm of the Lebehan-Rothenkolben kin.
Source: Werner Eberth: "Die Kommunalwappen im Landkreis Bad Kissingen", Bad Kissingen 2006, pp.178-180
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 27 September 1962 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2021

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