Gunzenhausen County until 1972 (Mittelfranken District, Bavaria, Germany)

Landkreis Gunzenhausen

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by Stefan Schwoon Coat-of-arms adopted 8th March 1956, flag adopted 27th February 1967, abolished 30th June 1972

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See also:

• Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen County (Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen)
• Mittelfranken District (Bezirk Mittelfranken, Central Franconia)
• County Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)

Yellow-black, adopted 27.02.1967. The county was united with Weissenburg to form the new county Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen during the 1972 municipal reform. Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Stadler 1964-1972.

Stefan Schwoon, 21 August 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

The arms were granted on March 8, 1956.

The [administrative] county is made up of two former areas in the County of Brandenburg-Ansbach. The two areas, Gunzenhausen and Hohentrüdingen adopted symbols in 1718/19, which are combined in the new arms. The Gunzenhausen area used a bend with a fishing hook, whereas Hohentrüdingen used the arms of the Counts of Truhendingen, who became extinct in 1424. The latter arms were used in the colours of Brandenburg-Ansbach, silver and black.

Literature: Stadler 1964-1972.

Santiago Dotor, 30 July 2003