Augsburg City (Germany)

Stadt Augsburg, Schwaben District, Bavaria

Last modified: 2020-11-07 by klaus-michael schneider
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3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

• Augsburg City
• Augsburg Flag
• Augsburg Banner
• Augsburg Coat of Arms


• Göggingen Borough
• Göggingen Flag
• Göggingen Banner
• Göggingen Coat of Arms


• Haunstetten Borough
• Haunstetten Banner
• Haunstetten Coat of Arms

• Augsburg County (Landkreis Augsburg)
• Schwaben District (Bezirk Schwaben, Bavaria, Germany)
• County and Municipal Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)

Augsburg City

Augsburg Flag

Red over green over white (a breach of the heraldic colour rules), without arms (see left image above) or with centred (see central image above) arms of a stylised version of the arms (see right image above).
Sources:
(1) Staack
(2) M. Schmöger's webpage
(3)this photo
(4)this online catalogue
Dieter Linder, 18 Nov 1998

Augsburg Banner

5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 8 Mar 2001

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

It is a red-white-green vertical tricolour without arms (see left image above) or with arms shifted to the top (see right image above).
Sources: Staack and M. Schmöger's webpage
Stefan Schwoon, 8 Mar 2001

Augsburg Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale red and white charged with a green pine-cone on top of a golden capital.
Meaning:
The oldest known seal of Augsburg from 1237 shows a city gate under a star. In the gate there is a so-called tree-of-life. From 1260 until the 19th century the seals of the city showed the same composition, but with a bunch of grapes in the gate. The grapes are a canting symbol, Augster is a variety of grapes. In the meantime the arms developed separately. In the 15th century the grapes appear in images on a red and white shield. The shield is taken from the arms of the Bishopric of Augsburg. In the late 15th century an antique pine tree cone was found in the city and the grapes were subsequently changed into a pine cone, the so-called Zirbelnuss. The flag colours are derived from the arms.
Source: Stadler 1965, p.22
Stefan Schwoon, 8 Mar 2001 and Santiago Dotor, 1 Feb 2002

Göggingen Borough

Göggingen Flag

On a vintage postcard is an image of the 1925 gymnastics festival in Göggingen (Augsburg): gymnast with flag repeating the red and green colours found in the arms:
The city colours of Göggingen were indeed green and red, mentioned in Deutsches Städtebuch V,2. Göggingen received town rights in 1969, but was integrated into the city of Augsburg only three years later. Official usage must have ceased with the integration into Augsburg. Whether the flag is still used inofficially is hard to say, but it is quite possible.
Source: Keyser 1939 - 1974
Jan Mertens, 10 Dec 2004 and Stefan Schwoon, 11 Dec 2004
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Göggingen Banner

It was a green-red horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms was in a white bannerhead.
Source: M. Schmöger's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

Göggingen Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Vert an embattles tower Argent, at sinister Gules eight swors in bend sinister ordered per pale.
Meaning:
According to Klemens Stadler the borough had been a market town de iure since 1860 and had been seat of a district of the Bishopric of Augsburg before. The arms are illustrating an episode from a war (German: Städtekrieg 1462) between Duke Ludwig of Niederbayern-Landshut and the city of Augsburg. The Roman tower near Göggingen was defended by just eight soldiers, represented by their swords. The tinctures are alluding to the city colours of Augsburg and to the fact that many rich citizens from Augsburg owned large estates. The arms always remained the same. Only Otto Hupp displayed erroneously seven swords.
Source: Stadler 1965, p.61
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

The arms were granted 27 March 1837 by King Ludwig I of Bayern and abolished in 1972.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

Haunstetten Borough

Haunstetten Banner

It was a blue-white-red vertical tricolour. The coat of arms was shifted to the top.
Source: M. Schmöger's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

Haunstetten Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Azure a horse salient Argent; beneath parted per pale, at dexter Sable a cross trefly Or, at sinister Argent cogwheel Gules.
Meaning:
The cross trefly is taken from the arms of the Imperial Abbey of St. Ulrich and Afra, local ruler since the 10th century. The village had been donated to the abbey by Empress Adelheid. The abbey was secularised in 1803. The horse is taken from the personal arms of Imperial Abbot Willibald Popp (1694 - 1735). His complete arms are depicted in the local parish church and his former access yard in the borough. The cogwheel is symbolising industries, which developed since the 19th century.
Source: Stadler 1965, p.69
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

The arms were approved in 1952 and abolished in 1972.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Oct 2020

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