Eppishausen Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Eppishausen, Landkreis Unterallgäu, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-03-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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Eppishausen Municipality

Eppishausen Banner

It is a yellow-black-yellow vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2022

Eppishausen Coat of Arms

Shield Sable three buckets Argent with hoops Or ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
The municipality adopted the family arms of the Tanneck kin, well known from seals and epitaphs.The kin acquired the village in 1458 by the marriage of Anna of Hürnheim and Ulrich Ruck of Tanneck. The latter built the local castle and the parish church, dedicated to St. Michael, between 1475 and 1479. The epitaphs of the family are in the church. His grandson sold the village to Hans Walther of Hürnheim in 1540.
Source: Aegidius Kolb and Manfred Putz: "Wappen im Landkreis Unterallgäu", Mindelheim 1991, pp.72-73
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 9 July 1951 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2022

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