Kronburg Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Kronburg, Landkreis Unterallgäu, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-03-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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Kronburg Municipality

Kronburg Banner

It is a black-white-green vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2022

Kronburg Coat of Arms

Shield Argent parted by a bend wavy Vert, above left a wolf rampant Sable crowned Or, at sinister two houses Gules in bend seen from gable.
Meaning:
In 1977 the municipality merged with Illerbeuren and Kadorf. The bend wavy is a representation of the Iller River. The wolf is taken from the arms of the Lords of Westernach, who ruled the Lordship of Kronburg since 1619 and lived in the local fortress. The family belonged to the Swabian division of the Imperial Knights and was upgraded to barons in 1693. The lordship was acquired by Bayern in 1806. The houses together with the bend wavy are canting and representing Illerbeuren, which means "houses upon Iller". Illerbeuren was the oldest settlement of the lordship and was first mentioned in 948.
Source: Aegidius Kolb and Manfred Putz: "Wappen im Landkreis Unterallgäu", Mindelheim 1991, pp.98-99
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2022

The banner was approved on 26 April 1976 and arms were approved on 23 March 1976 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Schwaben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2022

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