The community itself and the following municipalities have no proper flags: Schlechtsart and Schweickershausen.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Heldburg City Municipality

Heldburg Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Heldburg Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a lion rampant Or supporting an embattled tower Argent masoned Sable.
Meaning:
In 837 parts of the village were donated to the Benedictine Fulda Imperial Abbey. A local fortress was first mentioned in 1323, which had been ancestral seat of the Counts of Henneberg, who ceded the village to the Burgraves of Nürnberg. In 1374 it was acquired by the Wettin kin. Beneath the castle e settlement developed, which gained city rights in 1387 and had a council and the low level cognisance since 1396. In the 16th century city walls were built. Between 1680 and 1826 the city had been part of the Duchy of Sachsen-Hildburghausen, between 1826 and 1918 of the Duchy of Sachsen-Meiningen. The pattern was displayed on local seals from 1431 and 1576, is however probably older. The lion probably is alluding to the local rulers. Another version of the arms displayed the tower as golden, the lion as barry of red and white and the background tinctures as blue. Those arms are the arms of Thüringen with an additional tower, probably alluding to the fortress. Heldburg is the seat of Heldburger Unterland.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.194-196
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Banner and arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Gompertshausen Borough

Gompertshausen Banner

5:2

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

It was a black-yellow-green vertical tricolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Gompertshausen Coat of Arms

Shield Or, issuant from a triplemount Vert, charged with a grapevine Argent with wreath and two leaves of the same, a double queued demi-lion Sable, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The lion is a differentiation of the arms of the Margraves of Meißen, former local rulers. The mount is referring to the landscape. The grapevine was added in 1992 as a symbol of viticulture.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA and Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", 2nd edition, Bad Langensalza, 2011, p.70
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

The arms were adopted in 1992. Banner and arms were abolished on 22 March 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Hellingen Borough

Hellingen Banner

5:2

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

It was a yellow-black-yellow vertical triband. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Hellingen Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a brew-bucket Sable and a rake of the same in saltire, in base a tower quartered of Argent and Gules.
Meaning:
The tools had been taken from a decoration on the local church. The image showed a kind of rake and an unidentified tool. The latter was replaced by the brew-bucket, a tool used by beer brewers. It is symbolising the right to brew beer, which was granted to the village in 1714. The tower is representing the tower of the local estate. Its tinctures are taken from the family arms of the Lords of Schott, who finished a moated castle in 1515 and owned the estate for many centuries.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 18 May 1992 and abolished on 22 March 1993.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Rieth Borough

Rieth Banner

5:2

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

It was a green-white-black vertical tricolour. The coat of arms was shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Shield Vert with base Sable a picket fence Argent, issuant from fence two bulrushes Sable stemmed Argent in bend and bend sinister, on central chief an impending Latin cross pommy Argent.

Rieth Coat of Arms

Meaning:
The bulrushes are canting, they are referring to the former local swamps and meadows. Many fountains ar still on the area of the village. The cross is either alluding to the local parish church or the the Benedictine Fulda Imperial Abbey, to which the village had been donated in the 9th century.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Banner and arms were abolished on 8 April 1994.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Straufhain Municipality

Straufhain Banner

5:2

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2022

It is a green-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2022

Straufhain Coat of Arms

Shield Or, on top of a mount issuant Vert an embattled tower Gules with windows Sable, flanked by an oak leaf Vert at dexter and a beech leaf Vert at sinister.
Meaning:
The municipality was established in 1992 by a merger of Adelhausen, Eishausen, Linden, Steinfeld, Massenhausen, Seidingstadt, Sophienthal, Streufdorf and Stressenhausen. Name giver is the ruined Strauf Castle, located on top of a conic mount of basalt, also known as green rock. The arms are canting, as mount and tower are representing castle and green rock. The leaves are representing the grove (German:Hain) on the slopes of the mount.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2022

Banner and arms were approved in 1992.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2022

Ummerstadt City

Ummerstadt Banner

5:2

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Ummerstadt Coat of Arms

Shield quartered of Or and Azure, two pairs of lions rampant respectant, in quarters 1 and 4 Sable armed and tongued red, in quarters 2 and 3 barry of eight of Argent and Gules.
Meaning:
In 837 local estates were donated to the Benedictine Fulda Imperial Abbey. Ummerstadt was first mentioned in 1223. In 1245 it was administrated by a village mayor, probably on behalf of the Counts of Henneberg. In 1316 it belonged to the counts, in 1317 it was mentioned as a city. In 1353 it was acquired by the Burgraves of Nürnberg as part of the Heldburg district, in 1374 by the Wettin kin, in 1485 by the Electorate of Sachsen, in 1572 by the Duchy of Sachsen-Coburg, in 1640 by the Duchy of Sachsen-Eisenach, in 1645 by the Duchy of Sachsen-Gotha, in 1680 by the Duchy of Sachsen-Hildburghausen, finally in 1826 by the Duchy of Sachsen-Meiningen. The pattern of the arms first appeared on a city seal from the 14th century. The barry lions are those of the Landgraviate of Thüringen. The black lions are those of the Margraviate of Meißen. Margrave Balthasar of Meißen (1336 – 1406), who had also been Landgrave of Thüringen, confirmed the city rights.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.468-469
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Banner and arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2022

Westhausen Municipality

Westhausen Banner

5:2

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2022

It is a white-red-yellow vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2022

Westhausen Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a gridiron Or intertwined with a sword Argent in pale at dexter and a sceptre in pale with head shaped like a fleur-de-lis of the same at sinister.
Meaning:
The gridiron is an attribute of St. Lawrence, the sword of St. Kilian and the fleur-de-lis of St. Mary. A chapel is donated to St. Lawrence, a church to Our Lady and another church, finished in the 16th century, to St. Kilian.
Source: community webpage Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2022

Banner and arms were approved on .
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2022

back to Hildburghausen cities and municipalities click here