Dietenhofen MarketTown (Germany)

Markt Dietenhofen, Landkreis Ansbach, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-07-11 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: dietenhofen | herdsman | horn |
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5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 July 2020

5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 July 2020

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Dietenhofen MarketTown

Dietenhofen Banner

It is a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in a white bannerhead with (see left image above) or without (see right image above) a black inscription "Dietenhofen" on top.
Source: this photo and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 July 2020

Dietenhofen Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, on a hill Vert a herdsman, dressed Azure with boots and bag Or and hat Sable, blowing a horn Or.
Meaning:
Dietenhofen belonged to Heilsbronn Abbey and was acquired by the Zollern kin in the 16th century. The current arms first appeared in the last years of the 17th century on a common seal of the districts Dietenhofen and Bonnhof. It was considered to be canting (Franconian: düten (= blowing a horn). There is a legend that the erratic Empress Kunigunde found her way by hearing the horn of a sentinel.
Source: Stadler 1965, p.39
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 July 2020

The arms were approved in 1858 by King Maximilian II of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 July 2020

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