Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2013 |
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2013 |
Description of banner:
There is a black - yellow vertical bicolour (left image) and a yellow - black vertical bicolour (right image). The coat of arms in both variants is shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon spotted these banner on 3 October 2002 on the road from Leonberg to Ditzingen (left) and on 8 February 2003 at the local town hall (right).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (= yellow) shield is a black, rampant lion, armed and tongued red.
Meaning:
Leonberg was founded in 1249 by Count Ulrich of Württemberg. The oldest seal dates from the late 13th century and shows a lion stantant (Leo) on a quadruple mount (4-Berg), making the arms canting in a double sense. Since the early 15th century, prints exist since 1401, the seals display a lion rampant, sometimes sinister facing, mostly without mountain. The colours are those of Württemberg and are known from paintings since 1535.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.66
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2013
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