Weßling Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Weßling, Landkreis Starnberg, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-12-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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Weßling Municipality

Weßling Banner

It is a white-blue-yellow vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Nov 2021

Weßling Coat of Arms

Shield Azure two croziers Or in saltire, in chief a parson's cap Sable in an inescutcheon Argent, in base a sheatfish naiant embowed Argent.
Meaning:
Hat and croziers are taken from the ephemeral municipal arms of Oberpfaffenhofen, valid only between the 22 December 1975 and the 31 December 1975. Oberpfaffenhofen was incorporated into Weßling on 1 January 1976. Its arms displayed silver croziers on a red shield and the hat on a white triplemount issuant in base. The parson's cap (German: Pfaffenhut) was a canting element. The croziers are alluding to the Benedictine Benediktbeuern Monastery, which had been one of the most important local manorial lords until the 14th century between the Ammersee, a lake, and the Würm River. The sheatfish (Latin: Silurus glanis), is symbolising the location on the shores of the Weßliner See, another lake. The tinctures white and blue are those of the Wittelbach kin, the local rulers.
Source: "Unser Bayern", appendix of Bayerische Staatszeitung, a newspaper, 1976, p.16
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Nov 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 21 February 1986 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberbayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Nov 2021

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