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Unterbreizbach Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Unterbreizbach, Wartburgkreis, Thüringen

Last modified: 2021-04-17 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Unterbreizbach municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Apr 2021
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Unterbreizbach Municipality

Unterbreizbach Banner

It is a yellow-black-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top in the black stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021

Unterbreizbach Coat of Arms

Shield parted per saltire; in chief Or a Lutheran rose Gules, seeded by a heart Or charged with a Latin cross sable, barbed Vert; at dexter Gules a sinister facing horsehead Argent; at sinister Gules a milk churn Argent with barrel hoops Or; in base Or hammer and mallet Sable.
Meaning:
The milk churn (German: Butte) is taken from the family arms of the Lords of Buttlar and furthermore representing Unterbreizbach proper. The other symbols are taken from the arms of former municipalities. The horsehead is representing Pferdsdorf, the Lutheran rose is representing Sünna. Hammer and mallet, the symbols of mining, are referring to the depletion of prickly saltwort (Latin: Salsola kali) in the area.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021

Unterbreizbach Banner (1995 - 1996)

[Unterbreizbach municipal banner 1995 - 1996] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Apr 2021

It was a yellow-black-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 5:3:5. The coat of arms was shifted to the top in the black stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021

Unterbreizbach Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Gules a milk churn Argent with barrel hoops and shoulder straps Or, at sinister Or three hunting horns Sable ordered triangular, forming a forked cross or felon's cross.
Meaning:
The milk churn (German: Butte) is taken from the family arms of the Lords of Buttlar, former local rulers and the forked cross from the arms of the Lords of Rückershausen.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.3, Erfurt 1998, p.106
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021

Old banner and arms were approved on 13 February 1995.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Apr 2021

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