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Eichstätt County (Germany)

Landkreis Eichstätt, Bayern

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[Eichstätt County banner (Germany)] 5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 20 Sep 2001
approved 22 November 1974
  • Eichstätt County
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    Eichstätt County

    The county was enlarged by parts of Ingolstadt county and was integrated into Oberbayern district during the 1972 municipal reform.
    Source: Linder and Schmidt 2000
    Stefan Schwoon, 20 Sep 2001

    Eichstätt County Banner

    It is a white-red-yellow vertical tricolour with arms shifted to top.
    Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Stadler 1966, p.99
    Source: Linder and Schmidt 2000
    Stefan Schwoon, 20 Sep 2001

    Eichstätt County Banner until 1972

    [Eichstätt County banner (- 1972)] 5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon,

    It is a white-red-yellow vertical tricolour with arms shifted to top.
    Stefan Schwoon, 20 Aug 2001

    Eichstätt County Coat of Arms

    Shield twice parted per pale, at dexter Or atorch Gules hafted Sable, in centre Gules a crozier issuant Argent in pale, at sinister Or an attire Sable in pale.
    Meaning:
    Eichstätt is an ancient bishopric (prince-bishopric until 1803), hence the crozier in the arms. The new arms show still the crozier from the old arms. The deer's head is replaced by the attire, and the torch is added. The torch symbolises the industrial area around Ingolstadt in the county. The base is also added and shows the lozenges of the arms of Bayern. A large part of the new county belongs to Bayern already for many centuries.
    Source: presumably Linder and Olzog 1996
    Stefan Schwoon, 20 Sep 2001

    Eichstätt County Coat of Arms until 1972

    Shield twice parted per pale, at dexter Argent a demi-eagle Sable armed Or and couped per pale, in centre Gules a crozier issuant Argent in pale,at sinister Or a deer's head Sable armed and tongued Gules.
    The county belonged until 1305 for the largest part to the Counts of Hirschberg, represented by the deer's head. The crozier is representing the Bishops of Eichstätt<7i>, the successors of the counts. The area belonged to the bishops until 1803 when it became part of Bayern. In 1817 King Max Joseph of Bayern created the Principality of Leuchtenburg and gave it to his son in law, Eugen Beauharnais, nephew of Napoleon I of France. The principality, to which the county belonged, existed until 1852. The eagle is derived from the eagle of Napoleon and his family.
    Source: Stadler 1966, p.99
    Stefan Schwoon, 20 Aug 2001

    The old banner and arms were approved on 11 March 1966, the new ones on 22 November 1974.
    Stefan Schwoon, 20 Sep 2001

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