Unterthingau Market Town (Germany)

Markt Unterthingau, Landkreis Ostallgäu, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-09-20 by klaus-michael schneider
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Unterthingau Market Town

Unterthingau Banner

It is a blue-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2020

Unterthingau Coat of Arms

Shield Azure two poppies proper in saltire.
Meaning:
Thingau had been seat of a low level court since 1465. It had a proper court seal since the 16th century, displaying on a shield parted per pale at dexter the colours red and blue of the Princely Abbey of Kempten and at sinister a tulip on a triplemount. According to newer literature that was a gentian. The current pattern with the poppies (Latin: Papaver rhoeas) was introduced in 1813. The flowers had been denoted as cornflowers (Latin: Centaurea cyanus) and as poppies since 1914. The basic tinctures are those of Kempten Abbey.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.82
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2020

Banner and arms were approved in 1813 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2020

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