Last modified: 2022-02-05 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Marquartstein municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ts-mq_.gif) 5:2  image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2022
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![[Marquartstein bicolour in use]](../images/d/de-ts-mq2_.gif) 5:2  image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2022
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According to approval it is a black-white-blue vertical tricolour (see left image above). In use without approval is a white-blue vertical bicolour (see right image above). The coat of arms is of both shifted towards the top.
Sources: this online catalogue and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2022
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent parted by a stepped gable Sable with four levels, at sinister Azure two batons Argent in saltire charged in centre by a scallop of the same.
Meaning:
The dexter half is known from seals from the 14th century and displays the arms of the Counts of Hohenstein, who died out around 1400. They founded the local castle in the late 11th century, which was acquired by the Counts of Kraiburg-Ortenburg before 1150. Engelbert of Hohenstein had been the local reeve of the Bavarian Dukes after 1276. The sinister half is a differentiation of the family arms of the Barons of Tautphoeus, which displayed four scallops and two batons. Cajetan of Tautphoeus bought and rebuilt the deteriorated castle in 1857.
Source: "Oberbayerisches Archiv" (Upper Bavarian Archives) vol. 77, 1952, pp.45-47
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 17 October 1951 by Minister of Interior of Bayern. The bicolour has never been approved officially. The municipal arms are based on a draft of Helmut of Tautphoeus.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2022
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