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![[Kitzingen County banner (Germany)]](../images/d/de-kt_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 9 Oct 2001
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. with arms shifted to the top. The former Kitzingen county was enlarged by the (previously independent) city of Kitzingen and part of Gerolzhofen county in the 1972 municipal reform.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Linder and Olzog 1996
Stefan Schwoon, 9 Oct 2001
Shield Azure a throughout bridge Argent with two arches, cahrged with an inescutcheon each, at dexter Gules three piles reversed Argent, at sinister quartred of Gules and Argent, in chief a bunch of grapes Or with stem and leaf.
Meaning:
The bridge is taken from the arms of the city of Kitzingen. The two shields are the arms of Franconia and the quartered shield of the Princes of Castell. This shield is taken from the arms of the former county of Gerolzhofen, as several municipalities were transferred from Gerolzhofen to Kitzingen in 1973. The grapes are symbolising the importance of viticulture in the county.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Santiago Dotor, 27 Jan 2004
The arms were approved on 23 October 1974.
Santiago Dotor, 27 Jan 2004
![[Kitzingen County banner 1972 (Germany)]](../images/d/de-kt_c1.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 10 Aug 2001
It is a hite-red bicolour with the arms in a white bannerhead. Kitzingen county was enlarged by the (previously independent) city of Kitzingen and part of Gerolzhofen county and adopted new symbols after the 1972 municipal reform.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 16 August 2001
Shield parted per fess, above parted per pale, at dexter quartered of sable and Argent, at sinister oaly of six of Argent and Azure; beneath Gules three piles reversed Argent.
Meaning:
The quartered black and silver shield in the first quarter shows the arms of the Hohenzollern kin. A large part of the district belonged to the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach, who had been a branchline of the Hohenzollern kin. The second quarter, five times divided per pale into silver and blue, shows the arms of the Lords von Seinsheim, who had their castle and territory in the county. The lower half displays the Franconian rake, the symbol of the Bishopric of Würzburg, to which a large part of the county belonged in the past.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.51
Santiago Dotor, 17 July 2003
The old coat of arms was approved on 25 February 1955, the old banner on 22 January 1958. Both were abolished on 30 June 1972.
Santiago Dotor, 17 July 2003
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