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Östringen City (Germany)

Stadt Östringen, Landkreis Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2018-11-05 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: oestringen | boiler-ring | star(6-point) | star(faceted) |
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[Östringen city banner] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2018 See also:

Östringen City

Östringen Banner

It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2018

Östringen Flag

[Östringen city flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2018

It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2018

Östringen Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a boiler-ring Argent, surrounding a faceted 6-point star Or.
Meaning:
Östringen belonged to the Bishopric of Speyer until 1802, with all ist incorporated villages. It gained the rank of a city in 1981. The boiler-ring is a local symbol. It was depicted on church bells from 1709. On the first town seal with prints since 1746 the star was added as a mere decorating element. On coloured stamps from the 19th century the star was replaced by a small flower. The Genral State Archive suggested the old pattern with a star in the tinctures of the Bishopric of Speyer. The omega-shaped boiler-ring was interpreted as an initial for "Östringen" and the flower (forget-me-not) as a reward for loyalty in military service. Those intepretations are however mere fairy-tales.
Source: Landeskundliches Informationssystem Baden-Württemberg
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2018

The arms were adopted by the municipality in 1907. The banner was approved on 16 October 1958 by Minister of Interior of Baden-Württemberg, published in GABl 447/1958.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2018


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