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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Lamerdingen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ou-la_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2020
It is a black-white-red vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2020
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Gules a demi-eagle Argent couped per pale, at sinister Argent issuant from line of partition six piles, the upper triplet Sable and the lower triplet Gules, over all in centre an inescutcheon parted per fess of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The dexter half is taken from the arms of the St. Peter Monastery in Augsburg, which was founded in 1063 by Count Schwiger of Balzhausen and Schwabegg. And it is representing Lamerdingen proper. The inescutcheon displays the arms of the Bishopric of Augsburg, to which the former municipality of Dillhausen historically belonged since the 14th century. The black piles are taken from the arms of the former municipality of Kleinkitzighofen, the red piles from those of Großkitzighofen. They had also been in the family arms of the Barons of Rohrbach, who ruled both villages in the 13th and 14th century.
Sources: Aegidius Kolb and Ewald Kohler (editors): "Ostallgäu, Einst und Jetzt", Marktoberdorf 1984, pp.1139-1143 and
Andreas Kraus (editor): "Geschichte Schwabens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts", in "Handbuch der bayerischen Geschichte 3/2", established by Max Spindler, München 2001, p. 411
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2020
Banner and arms were approved on 26 June 1992 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Schwaben..
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2020
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