Last modified: 2018-09-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a red-white-red vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2018
Shield Or; an eagle vigilant Sable, armed Or, tongued Gules and standing on the central peak of a triplemount Vert, issuant from base; the eagle holds in his risen dexter claw an inescutcheon Gules with a fess wavy, fimbriated Or.
Meaning:
The arms are combining the Imperial eagle with the Austrian shield. Both charges are referring to Emperor Leopold.
Source: Landeskundliches Informationssystem Baden-Württemberg
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2018
The arms were granted by Emperor Leopold on 9 December 1682. A, probably plain, tricolour, displaying the Austrian colours, had been in use before 1935.
Source: Landeskundliches Informationssystem Baden-Württemberg
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2018
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