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Eichstätt County (Germany)

Landkreis Eichstätt, Oberbayern District, Bavaria

Last modified: 2008-11-01 by jarig bakker
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[Eichstätt County (Oberbayern District, Bavaria, Germany)]5:2  image by Stefan Schwoon, 20 Sep 2001
Flag and coat-of-arms adopted 22nd November 1974 Other Eichstätt county pages: See also:

Eichstätt County

White-red-yellow stripes, adopted 22.11.1974. Eichstätt is an ancient bishopric (prince-bishopric until 1803), hence the crosier in the arms. Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Stadler 1964-1972.
Source: Kleine Wappenkunde der Gemeinden im Landkreis Eichstätt (Brief Heraldry of Municipalities in Eichstätt County, German text only)
Stefan Schwoon, 20 Sep 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website: The new arms were granted on November 22, 1974. The new arms show still the crosier from the old arms. The deer's head is replaced by the antler, and the torch is added. The torch symbolises the industrial area around Ingolstadt in the county. The base is also added and shows the lozenges of the arms of Bavaria. A large part of the new county belongs to Bavaria already for many centuries.
Literature: [presumably Linder and Olzog 1996].

Eichstätt town

[Eichstätt town flag] 8:5 image by Jarig Bakker, 24 Aug 2008

Still I miss on FOTW the flag of the town of Eichstätt in Bavaria (you have only the county).
Please see the two forms in the attachment (  http://www.eichstaett.info/shop/hissflagge_stadtwappen_eichsta-563/  )
Information about the arms from (  http://www.eichstaett.de/  ):
Gules a citygate argent flanked by two turrets, issuing from base vert, surmounting an oaktree vert with acorns or.
A seal of the city was already mentioned in 1256 as "Eihstat". The oldest retained seal is found on a charter dated 1304, which shows the depicted arms.
The settlements of Eichstätt was mentioned for the first time in 740 in connection with the foundation of a bishopric. In 908 Bishop Erchanbald acquired the right from King Louis the Child of markets, mint and customs, as well as the privilege to build a burgh. It was named a city (Statt, civitas) on coins of Bishop Heribert (1022-1042), later on a charter of King Henry IV in 1080. The walls on the arms represent that elevation to city. The name "Eichstätt" was understood as "Eichenstätte" (place of oaks), which was the reason why an oak was placed on the arms, making it canting.
Dr. Stefan Killermann, 23 Aug 2008

Eichstätt town banner

[Eichstätt town banner] 1:3 image by Jarig Bakker, 24 Aug 2008

Eichstätt town CoA

[Eichstätt town CoA] image by Jarig Bakker, 24 Aug 2008