Last modified: 2021-06-12 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: mellingen(vg) | groszschwabhausen | magdala | umpferstedt | tree | lion(yellow) | lion(black) | cistercian bend |
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![[Magdala city banner]](../images/d/de-ap-02-mg_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
The community itself and the following municipalities have no proper flags: Buchfart, Döbritschen, Frankendorf, Hammerstedt, Hetschburg, Kapellendorf, Kiliansroda, Kleinschwabhausen, Lehnstedt, Mechelroda, Mellingen, Oettern, Vollersroda and Wiegendorf.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
![[Großschwabhausen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ap-02-gs_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 9 June 2021
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
Shield Argent, a deciduous tree proper over a green inscription "Großschwabhausen" " (1st line) "THÜRINGEN" (2nd line bigger).
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
Shield Sable semy of heartlets Gules a sinister facing lion passant Or, in dexter chief a tiny face Argent in bend.
Meaning:
Besides the moated castle of the Counts of Orlamünde since 874 a village developed, which belonged to the Fulda Abbey. The settlement gained the status of a city between 1284 and 1288, a constitution of the local council in 1290 and the low level cognisance around 1400. The city was a vassal of the Wettin kin since 1395 and acquired by the kin in 1445. Since 1572 the city was a possession of the Duchy of Sachsen-Weimar. The arms are a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Orlamünde, the tinctures of background and lion were exchanged and the lion got a different posture and direction. The arms are based on city seals from the 15th century. The current arms display the head of a bearded man. Earlier seals between 1396 and 1404 displayed a head of a maiden as canting element, probably referring to Magdalen. The flag colours are those of the county and of Thüringen.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, p.279
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
The arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
![[Umpferstedt municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ap-02-um_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
Shield parted per pale; at dexter Argent a sinister facing lion rampant Sable, armed and tongued Gules; at sinister parted per fess, above Gules a Gothic window Argent masoned Sable with two arches Sable, beneath Sable a bend chequered of Argent and Gules.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays the lion of the Lordship of Blankenhain without the usual golden bend sinister. The sinister half refers to the Cistercian Oberweimar Nunnery. The nunnery was founded in 1244 by Count Hermann II of Orlamünde. The village was donated to the nunnery in 1364. The field in sinister base displays a cistercian bend.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 18 June 1997.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 June 2021
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