Last modified: 2021-09-04 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Leutenbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-fo-le_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2021
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2021
Shield Or parted by a bend sinister wavy Azure, in dexter chief a lance Sable with a flag sheat Gules charged with six 6-point stars Or ordered 3:3, in sinister base an embattled wall Sable masoned Or.
Meaning:
Leutenbach was established in 1978 by a merger of the municipalities of Dietzhof, Leutenbach, Mittelehrenbach, Oberehrenbach, Ortspitz and Seidmar. The embattled wall is reminding on the Lords of Ludunbach, local rulers and name givers of the municipality between 1079 and 1203. In the municipality there is a chapel dedicated to St. Maurice. The chapel is surrounded by a fortified graveyard. Lance and flag sheat are attributes of the saint. The six stars are representing the six merging former municipalities. The bend wavy is symbolising the Ehrenbach, a local creek, crossing the municipality from South to North.
Source: Gustav Voit: "Der Adel am Obermain. Genealogie edler und ministerialer Geschlechter vom 11. bis 14. Jahrhundert" in "Die Plassenburg, Schriften für Heimatforschung und Kulturpflege in Ostfranken" vol. 28, Kulmbach 1969, p. 191
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2021
The banner was approved on 25 October 1999 and the arms were approved on 31 may 1999, both by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberfranken.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2021
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