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![[Bad Kissingen County banner (Germany)]](../images/d/de-kg_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 8 Oct 2001
The county was united with Brückenau and Hammelburg counties in the 1972 municipal reform.
Stefan Schwoon, 14 August 2001
It is a red-white-black vertical tricolour with arms shifted to top. The arms must be used because otherwise the flag might be mistaken for an Arabian state (sic) [i.e. Yemen]. approved 29 May 1973.
Source: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 9 Feb and 8 Oct 2001
![[Bad Kissingen County flag (Germany)]](../images/d/de-kg.gif)
3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 8 Oct 2001
It is a red-white-black vertical tricolour with centred arms.
Source: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 9 Feb and 8 Oct 2001
Shield parted per pale; at dexter parted per fess, above a demi-eagle issuant Sable, armed and tongued Gules and couped per pale, beneath chequered of Gules and Argent; at sinister Argent an impending cross patty Sable, chief Azure charged with three fountain wells Argent.
Meaning:
The chief shows the symbol for a health resort (German: Bad), three of the largest Bavarian resorts are in the county. The lower dexter half shows the eagle and chequered field of the arms of the Counts of Henneberg. They ruled a large part of the county for many centuries. Another, newer, version of their arms was also part of the arms of Hammelburg. The cross displays the arms of the Imperial Abbey of Fulda and is taken from the arms of Bad Brückenau.
Source: Linder and Olzog 1996
Santiago Dotor, 29 Oct 2001
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 29 May 1973
Santiago Dotor, 29 Oct 2001
![[Bad Kissingen County banner 1972 (Germany)]](../images/d/de-kg-c1_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 8 Oct 2001
It was a red-white-black vertical tricolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 14 Aug 2001
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Or a sinister facing hen statant Sable armed Gules on top of a triplemount issuant Vert, at sinister parted per fess dancetty with three points of Gules and Argent, chief lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The arms show the three most important rulers in the region in former times. The chief displays the Bayern arms, as the district is part of Bayern. The hen on a mountain displays the canting arms of the Counts of Henneberg, who owned the main part of the district until the 14th century. The third field shows the arms of Franken, which ahad been also the arms of the Bishops of Würzburg, who gradually acquired most of the area during the 13th-18th century.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.15
Santiago Dotor, 15 July 2003
The banner was approved 6 Aug 1964 and the arms were approved on 12 February 1963
Santiago Dotor, 15 July 2003
![[Hammelburg County banner 1972 (Germany)]](../images/d/de-kg-c2_.gif)
5:2image by Stefan Schwoon, 15 Aug 2001
It was a yellow-black-yellow vertical triband with arms shifted to top.
Source: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 15 Aug 2001
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent a facetted cross patty Sable, at sinister parted per fess dancetty with three points of Gules and Argent, chief Azure charged with a royal coronet Or.
Meaning:
The coronet in the chief is symbolising the royal estate in the 7th-8th century. It was given to the Fulda Abbey by Karl the Great in 777. The Abbotss of Fulda ruled a large part of the district until the beginning of the 19th century. This is symbolised by the black cross of Fulda. The eastern part of the county was a dominion of the Bishopric of Würzburg and the arms of the bishopric are seen in the fourth quarter [sic — rather in the sinister half].
Source: Stadler 1964, p.42
Santiago Dotor, 16 July 2003
The banner was approved on 12 February 1963. The arms were approved on 15 December 1955. Both were abolished on 30 June 1972. The county was annexed to Bad Kissingen county during the 1972 municipal reform.
Stefan Schwoon, 15 Aug 2001
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