Bad Windsheim City (Germany)

Stadt Bad Windsheim, Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-10-31 by klaus-michael schneider
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2014

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2014

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2014

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• Bad Windsheim Coat of Arms

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Bad Windsheim City

Bad Windsheim Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top (see rleft image above).
Source: photo provided by M. Schmöger
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2014

Bad Windsheim De Facto Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top. This one is a de facto version (see central image above).
Source: photo provided by M. Schmöger
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2014

Bad Windsheim Plain Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour, reported by Stadler (see right image above).
Source: Stadler 1965, p.25
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2014

Bad Windsheim Coat of Arms

Shield Argent an egle Sable, armed Or "fingertips" Gules and tongued Gules, Upon his breast an initial Or "W".
Meaning:
In the first half of the 13th century the region around Windsheim was given from the Bishopric of Würzburg under direct imperial rule. Thus we have one of the numerous examples of an imperial eagle. Windsheim gained city rights in 1280. King Adolf pawned the city to the Bishop of Würzburg from 1297 until 1303. Since 1325 it was, with short interruptions, a dominion of the Burgraves of Nürnberg. A print of a seal from 1303, but already mentioned in 1284, displays a king on his throne with a shield bearing an eagle. In a court's seal from 1398 the eagle is alone. In the 18th century the eagle was armed red.The initial was added at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1961 the city gained the title of a spa incl. the prefix "Bad" in the name.
Source: Stadler 1965, p.25

The existence of the arms has been proven since 1303 and was confirmed in 1818. Colour and details in design were fixed in 1965.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2014

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