Westendorf Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Westendorf, Landkreis Augsburg, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-10-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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Westendorf Municipality

Westendorf Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2020

Westendorf Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above again parted per fess of Argent and Gules, beneath Argent an annulet Sable.
Meaning:
The tinctures red and white are those of the Bishopric of Augsburg, as Westendorf had been seat of the Kühlenthal district between 1650 and 1802. The red bar in centre is representing the imperial highroad between Augsburg and Donauwörth. The annulet in different tincture is taken from the arms of the Knöringer kin, who owned large estates in the 14th century. Before members of the Westendorf kin had used the same pattern in the tinctures of the municipal arms.
Source: "Unser Bayern", an appendix of Bayerische Staatszeitung (newspaper), 1962, p.80
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2020

The arms were approved on 9 September 1963 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2020

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