Salgen Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Salgen, Landkreis Unterallgäu, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-03-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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Salgen Municipality

Salgen Banner

It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2022

Salgen Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a fess embowed Gules, on its top a lion statant guardant Sable, base wavy Azure charged with a rosette Or having four petals.
Meaning:
Salgen belonged to the Lordship of Mindelheim. The lion, also called leopard, is reminding on the Lords of Mindelberg, local rulers until 1363. The rosette is taken from the arms of the convent of the Benedictine Ottobeuren Imperial Abbey, which had possessions in the village since 1097. The blue base wavy is symbolising the location of the village in the valley of the Mindel.
Source: Aegidius Kolb and Manfred Putz: "Wappen im Landkreis Unterallgäu", Mindelheim 1991, pp.132-133
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 31 July 1979 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Schwaben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2022

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