Hartenstein Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Hartenstein, Landkreis Nürnberger Land, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-09-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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Hartenstein Municipality

Hartenstein Banner

It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2021

Hartenstein Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter Or a demi wolf trap Azure; at sinister Sable a lion rampant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The wolf trap is taken from the family arms of the local rulers, the Lords of Hartenstein, an offspring of the Lords of Neidstein, who renamed themselves and died out in 1366. In the Treaty of Pavia (1329) the village is mentioned as a possession of the Wittelsbach kin, represented by the Palatine lion in the sinister half.
Source: Eckhardt Pfeiffer: "Nürnberger Land", 2nd edition, Hersbruck 1989, pp.328-329
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 21 July 1986 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Mittelfranken.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2021

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