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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen County banner (Germany)]](../images/d/de-wg_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 12 Oct 2001
It is a yellow-black vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Linder and Olzog 1996.
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale, at dexter barry of four of Gules and Or, at sinister Or a sinister facing dem-eagle Sable, armed and tongued Gules and couped per pale; beneath vair.
Meaning:
The arms are a combination of elements from the arms of the former counties. The 1st field (above right) is representing former Gunzenhausen county. The base is representing former Weißenburg county. And the 2nd field (above left) is representing the former county free city of Weißenburg. The 1st field displays the arms Counts of Truhendingen, who died out in 1424. The demi-eagle in the 2nd field stands for the city of Weißenburg, now the seat of the county. The base displays the arms of the Counts of Pappenheim, who owned parts of the territory.
Source:: Linder and Olzog 1996, Stadler 1964, pp.41/95
Santiago Dotor, 5 Feb 2004
The banner was approved on 2 August 1977. The coat of arms was approved on 8 March 1976.
Santiago Dotor, 5 Feb 2004
The county was united with Weißenburg to form the new county Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen during the 1972 municipal reform.
Stefan Schwoon, 21 Aug 2001
![[Gunzenhausen County banner 1972 (Germany)]](../images/d/de-wg-c1_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 21 Aug 2001
It was a yellow-black vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 21 Aug 2001
Shield barry of four of Gules and Or a bend sinister Sable, charged with a bendlet sinister Or, charged with a harpoon Sable.
Meaning:
The [administrative] county is made up of two former areas in the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach. The two areas, Gunzenhausen and Hohentrüdingen adopted symbols in 1718/19, which are combined in the new arms. The Gunzenhausen area used a bend with a harpoon or fishing hook (literal translation: fisher's bar), whereas Hohentrüdingen used the arms of the Counts of Truhendingen, who died out in 1424. The latter arms were used in the colours of Brandenburg-Ansbach, silver and black.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.41
Santiago Dotor, 30 July 2003
The banner was approved on 27 February 1967. The coat of arms was approved on 8 March 1956. Both were abolished on 1 July 1972.
Santiago Dotor, 30 July 2003 and Falko Schmidt, 22 Sep 2021
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