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Hünfeld City (Germany)

Stadt Hünfeld, Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Hünfeld city banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Oct 2006
in use since approx. 1974 See also:

Hünfeld City

Banner:
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
inhabitants: 16,339
Fulda County
Kassel District , state Hesse
banner in use since approx. 1974
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 14 Oct 2006

Variants with Bannerhead

[Hünfeld w/ bannerhead and inscription]
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Oct 2006 		[Hünfeld w/ bannerhead and wo/ inscription]
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 10 June 2017 		   


approved 1965

Variants with Bannerhead
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in a white bannerhead with (left image) or without (right image) black inscription "Hünfeld" beneath shield.
Jörg Majewski, 14 Oct 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a cross gyronny Argent.
Meaning:
Hünfeld gainved city rights in 1310 from the Abbots of Fulda. The city belonged from 781 until 1802 to the Fulda Abbey. The oldest seal from the 14th century displays an abbot issuant with crozier, holding an inescutcheon with the cross of Fulda. In the 16th century the shield was placed in front of the abbot. Since the 19th century only the cross was used in seals and arms. At the same time the black cross in silver for Fulda was replaced by a silver cross in blue.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.52
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 June 2017

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