Lichtenfels County (Oberfranken District, Bavaria, Germany)

Landkreis Lichtenfels

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by Stefan Schwoon Coat-of-arms adopted 1 July 1977, flag adopted 15 July 1977

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See also:

• Lichtenfels County until 1972
• Staffelstein County until 1972
• Oberfranken District (Bezirk Oberfranken, Upper Franconia)
• County Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

Black-yellow-blue stripes, adopted 15.07.1977. Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Stadler 1964-1972.

Stefan Schwoon, 4 October 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

The new arms were granted on July 1st, 1977, and shows in the dexter part the Imperial crown [and orb], derived from the arms of the former Staffelstein county. In the old arms the whole image of Emperor Heinrich II was shown. The sinister part shows the lion of Bamberg, taken from the old arms.

Literature: Stadler and Egloffstein 1990.

Santiago Dotor, 22 January 2004