Naila City (Germany)

Stadt Naila, Landkreis Hof, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-08-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Naila City
• Naila Banner
• Naila Coat of Arms


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• Marlesreuth Banner
• Marlesreuth Coat of Arms

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Naila City

Naila Banner

It is a black-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in a white bannerhead.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2021

Naila Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter quartered of Sable and Argent; at sinister Gules, a savage Argent with apron and coronet of leaves Vert, standing on a mount Vert between two trees of the same and holding a mace Or by his right hand.
Meaning:
Already the oldest local seal from 1454, a coloured painting from 1581, a description from 1692 and a role of arms from 1767 displayed the current pattern. The quartered shield of the Zollern kin is stressing its souvereignty. The meaning of the sinister half is unknown. It is considered to represent the location among mountains and former mining. In 1819 the tinctures of the quartered shield were changed to the colours of Bayern, white and blue.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.23
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2021

The arms were granted on 21 December 1454 by Margrave Johann IV of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. The banner was approved on 13 September 1955 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2021

Marlesreuth Borough

Marlesreuth Banner

It is a red-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2021

Marlesreuth Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Gules a bend Argent, at sinister Azure a weaver's shuttle Argent with filament in bend sinister.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays the family arms of the Lords of Wildenstein. The shuttle is alluding to weaving, the most important business line besides agriculture. In 1880 Marlesreuth had 110 houses and 800 inhabitants, among those worked 125 families as weavers and operated 185 looms.
Source: village webpage and Klemens Stadler and Albrecht von und zu Egloffstein: "Die Wappen der oberfränkischen Landkreise, Städte, Märkte und Gemeinden" , in "Die Plassenburg, Schriften für Heimatforschung und Kulturpflege in Ostfranken vol.48", Kulmbach 1990
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2021

Banner and arms were approved in 1961 and abolished in 1968.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2021

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