Königsberg in Bayern City (Germany)

Stadt Königsberg in Bayern, Landkreis Haßberge, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-07-23 by klaus-michael schneider
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2022

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2022

• Königsberg in Bayern City
• Königsberg Banner
• Königsberg Bicolour
• Königsberg Coat of Arms


• Hellingen Borough
• Hellingen Banner
• Hellingen Coat of Arms

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Königsberg in Bayern City

Königsberg Banner

It is a black-red-yellow vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top. The reverse is plain (see right image above).
Sources: this online catalogue and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2022

Königsberg Bicolour

It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2022

Königsberg Coat of Arms

Shield Or a double queued lion rampant Sable, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
Together with the Coburg Free State the Exclave of Haßbergen became a part of Bayern in 1920. Before the name of the city had been Königsberg in Franken. The city had proper seals very early. The oldest seals from the 15th and 16th century displayed the lions of the Margraves of Meißen and the Landgraves of Thüringen twice on a quartered shield. Since the 18th century a double queued lion of the margraves without crown was displayed once and alone, either on a shield or without shield. A singular seal from 1709 displayed the lion on top of a triplemount. The tinctures are known from the roll of arms of Siebmacher (1609).
Source: Stadler 1965, p.87
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2022

The banner has never been approved officially. The current arms are in use since the 18th century.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2022

Hellingen Borough

Hellingen Banner

It is a red-white-black vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 July 2022

Hellingen Coat of Arms

Shield Argent parted by a Latin Cross Gules, in its centre superimposed by a bell Or, charged with a hen Sable armed Gules on central peak of a triplemount Vert.
Meaning:
The bell was cast in the 13th century and is that one of the local parish church, The red cross is an attribute of St. George, the local patron saint. Hen and triplemount are taken from the canting arms of the Counts of Henneberg, former local rulers.
Source: this image
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 July 2022

Banner and arms are in use without approval. Banner and arms were adopted n occasion of the preliminaries of the 1200-years anniversary of Hellingen in 2024.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 July 2022

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