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![[Weissach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-bb-we_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2013
Description of banner:
It is a - red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: information provided by Mrs. Angela Faißt from the local archive
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided by a silver (= white) baston sinister into red over blue. Above is a silver (= white) cross patty. Below is a golden (= yellow) duck's foot.
Meaning:
The red field is representing Weissach proper, while the blue field is representing the former municipality of Flacht, which had been incorporated on 1 December 1971. The cross is derived from a local symbol from 1628, which was used on border stones. The cross was also used on seals of the village mayor since about 1820. The cross is said to be a cross of expiation for Johann, anti-abbott of Maulbronn, who had been slain in Weissach in 1212. The colours red and white are those of the Counts of Neipperg. The golden duck's foot (German: Entenfuß) is taken from the arms of Johann Entenfuß, who was abbott of Maulbronn from 1512 until 1518. Flacht was a possession of Maulbronn Abbey until the Protestant Reformation.
Source: Landeskundliches Informationssystem Baden-Württemberg
Banner and coat of arms were approved on 22 June 2006 by the county administration.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2013
![[Weissach municipal banner (1961-2006)]](../images/d/de-bb-we961_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2013
Description of banner:
It was a white - red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.The former coat of arms has the pattern of the red field in the current version.
Source: information confirmed by Mrs. Angela Faißt from the local archive
Banner and coat of arms were approved on 28 February 1961 by minister of interior of Baden-Württemberg, published in GABl 249/1961.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2013
![[Weissach-Flacht municipal banner (1958-1971)]](../images/d/de-bb-we-fl_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2013
Description of banner:
It was a yellow - blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.The former coat of arms has the pattern of the red field in the current version.
Source: information provided by Mrs. Angela Faißt from the local archive on 23 January 2014
Banner and coat of arms were approved on 2 June 1958 by minister of interior of Baden-Württemberg, published in GABl 218/1958.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2014
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