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Buttenheim Market Town (Germany)

Markt Buttenheim, Landkreis Bamberg, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-08-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Buttenheim town banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 July 2020
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Buttenheim Market Town

Buttenheim Banner

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

Buttenheim Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter parted per fess, above Argent a spearhead issuant Gules, beneath Sable, at dexter Argent a knife Azure and a chief Gules.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays the family arms of the Lords of Stiebar, who had the local cognisance from the 13th century until 1762. The tinctures of the sinister half are those of the Bishopric of Bamberg. The knife is an attribute of St. Batholomew, the local patron saint.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.106
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 July 2020

Banner and arms were approved on 8 January 1968.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 July 2020


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