Absberg Market Town (Germany)

Markt Absberg, Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-09-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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Absberg Market Town

Absberg Banner

It is a blue-red-white vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021

Absberg Coat of Arms

Shield Argent parted by an embowed chevron Gules, issuant from base a triplemount Sable.
Meaning:
Absberg gained the rights of a market town in 1372. The local castle had been the ancestral seat of the Lords of Absberg<7i>. The town arms are derived from the family arms of the lords. They displayed on a white shield a mantle parted per pale of blue and gold. The first seal of town and court from around 1600 has a shield crested by a coronet of leaves and flanked by two stars. All seals, medals and arms until 1820 displayed the chevron alone. In the 19th century a star in base was added, which was replaced by a canting triplemount in the 20tzh century. In 1812 the tinctures were changed. The chevron then had been blue on a golden shield.
Source: Stadler 1965Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021