Meßstetten Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Meßstetten, Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2018-11-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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Meßstetten Municipality

Meßstetten Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2018

Meßstetten Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, a graduated beaker Argent.
Meaning:
The municipality in 1930 had a seal, displaying the personal arms of Hans of Meßstetten, which is known without tinctures from a print of his personal seal from 1376. The beaker is punning. The tinctures are those of the Counts of Hohenberg.
Source: Landeskundliches Informationssystem Baden-Württemberg
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2018

The arms were approved on 27 March 1950 by Minister of Interior of Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The banner was approved on 25 January 1958 by Minister of Interior of Baden-Württemberg, published in GABl 109/1958.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2018

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