Dormitz Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Dormitz, Landkreis Forchheim, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-09-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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Dormitz Municipality

Dormitz Banner

It is a yellow-black vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2021

Dormitz Coat of Arms

Shield parted per chevron reversed, above Or an eagle's head Sable tongued Gules, beneath Gules and Sable, parted by two chevrons cotised Argent abased addorsed .
Meaning:
The eagle's head is a differentiation of the eagle of the Hohenzollern kin and the imperial eagle as well and is alluding to the Margraves of Bayreuth and the Free Imperial City of Nürnberg, which ruled the municipality in the past. The colours black and golden are those of the Archbishopric of Bamberg, to which the municipality belonged for a long time. The chevrons are taken from the family arms of the Barons Haller of Hallerstein.
Source: Klemens Stadler and Albrecht von und zu Egloffstein: "Die Wappen der oberfränkischen Landkreise, Städte, Märkte und Gemeinden" , in "Die Plassenburg, Schriften für Heimatforschung und Kulturpflege in Ostfranken vol.48", Kulmbach 1990, p.188
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 16 November 1981 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberfranken.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2021

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