Jettingen-Scheppach Market Town (Germany)

Markt Jettingen-Scheppach, Landkreis Günzburg, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-07-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Freihalden Coat of Arms


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• Scheppach Banner
• Scheppach Coat of Arms

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Jettingen-Scheppach Market Town

Jettingen-Scheppach Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

Jettingen-Scheppach Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, above a wolf trap Sable, beneath three eagle´s claws Gules in triangle.
Meaning:
The claws are taken from the family arms of the Lords of Scheppach, who lived in the namesake village during the 12th and 13th century. They had been also part of the arms of the former municipality of Scheppach. The wolf trap is taken from the family arms of the Barons of Stain, who ruled Jettingen since 1469. It had also been part of the municipal arms of Jettingen from the 17th century.
Source: Franz Reißenauer, Josef Weizenegger, and Anton H.Konrad: "Der Landkreis Günzburg", Weißenhorn 1966, p.105, 112
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 7 April 1972 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Schwaben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

Freihalden Borough

Freihalden Banner

It is a blue-white-red vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

Freihalden Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a lion passant Azure, armed and tongued Gules and holding an inescutcheon Sable, charged with an annulet Argent, by his forepaws.
Meaning:
Freihalden had been a fiefdom of the Bishopric of Augsburg. Vassals of the bishopric had been the Knöringen kin, represented by the white annulet on black and the Barons Schenk of Stauffenberg. The lion is a differentiation of their family arms. The tinctures red and white had been those of the bishopric.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 29 May 1970 by Minister of Interior of Bayern and abolished on 30 April 1978.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

Scheppach Borough

Scheppach Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

Scheppach Coat of Arms

Shield Argent three eagle´s claws Gules in triangle, base Sable charged with an annulet Argent.
Meaning:
The claws are a differentiation of the arms of the Lords of Scheppach, who ruled the namesake village. The white annulet is taken from the arms of the Knöringen kin.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 7 November 1968 by Minister of Interior of Bayern and abolished on 31 December 1969.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2022

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