Flachslanden Market Town (Germany)

Markt Flachslanden, Landkreis Ansbach, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-07-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Flachslanden Market Town

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It is a blue-white-red vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2020

Flachslanden Coat of Arms

Shield Gules an annulet Argent, mantled Or, at dexter charged with a flax blossom Azure seeded Or, at sinister with an impending facetted cross patty Sable.
Meaning:
The blossom is a canting element. The cross is representing the Virnsberg commandery of the Teutonic Order. The annulet is taken from the arms of the Lords of Birkenfels. The tinctures Argent and Sable are those of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2020

The coat of arms was approved on 19 June 1981.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2020

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