Hornberg City (Germany)

Stadt Hornberg, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2020-09-05 by klaus-michael schneider
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Hornberg City

Hornberg City Banner

It is a green - white vertical bicolour.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.55
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2013

Hornberg Banner with Coat of Arms

It is a green - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2020

Hornberg Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, two horns addorsed Sable in pale over a triplemount Vert issuant from base.
Meaning:
The centre of the Lordship of Hornberg had been an imperial fiefdom (German: Reichslehen) and had been first called a city in 1275. Beginning at the middle of the 15th century control was step by step ceded to Württemberg. The image on local city seals with prints since 1428 displayed the family arms of the Lords of Hornberg, i.e.horns respectant with metal fittings. The shape of the mount in the 18th, 19th and early 20th was changed various times from a simple mount over a slabbed mount up to a 5-fold mount. The tinctures were unknown. Siebmacher (1605) displayed a black triplemount. Otto Hupp (1925) also displayed a black triplemount but in a yellow field, chosing the tinctures of Württemberg. The tinctures of the current arms are those of the 1901-version. Currently a Renaissance shield with cartouches and green frame is in use
Hornberg is well known by the proverb: "It ends up like the Hornberg shooting", which describes a complete disaster. The historical background: Once upon a time the citizens of Hornberg wanted to honour their sovereign by firing their local cannonry. Several times the sovereign was announced and the guns were fired, but it always had been somebody else. When in the end the sovereign arrived the citizens had run out of gunpowder and were not able to greet the sovereign properly.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.55
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2013 / 29 Aug 2020

The plain flag is in use at least since 1959. The arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2020

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