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Crimmitschau City (Germany)

Stadt Crimmitschau, Landkreis Zwickau, Sachsen

Last modified: 2022-12-10 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Crimmitschau city banner]
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2022 		[Crimmitschau city banner w/ rectangle]
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2022 		   

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Crimmitschau City

Crimmitschau Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top (see left image above) or in a white rectangle shifted towards the top (see right image above).
Sources: this online catalogue and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2022

Crimmitschau plain Banner

[Crimmitschau plain city banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2022

It was a white-red vertical bicolour.
Source: presentation of Klaus Günther, held on DVT 29 in Hamburg on 16 October 2021
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2022

Crimmitschau Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, issuant from base an embattled wall Argent masoned Sable topped by two quadrangular embattled towers Argent, between the towers an impending inescutcheon bendy of four of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The Lordship of Crimmitschau was first mentioned in 1212 as part of the Pleißenland, an imperial territory. Its namesake capital was called a city first in 1222. Around 1300 the lordship was acquired by the Lords of Schönburg. The city was acquired by the Wettin kin in 1413 and gained city rights in 1414 according to the pattern of Schmölln. The inescutcheon displays the family arms of the Schönburg kin. They were displayed twice on the oldest city seal, between the towers and upon one of the towers. Towers and wall are stressing the status of a city.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.79-80
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2022

Plain banner and arms were approved in 1896 by Minister of Interior of Sachsen. The banner with arms are was introduced in 2001 probably without approval.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2022

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