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Municipality of Taufkirchen (Germany)

Gemeinde Taufkirchen, Kreis München, Oberbayern District, Bavaria

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Taufkirchen municipal flag] 3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 3 Apr 2001
approved 16 October 1978 See also:

Municipality of Taufkirchen

Taufkirchen Flag

Description of flag:
It is a yellow over black over white horizontal tricolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2014

Taufkirchen Banner

[Taufkirchen municipal banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2014
approved

Description of banner:
It is a yellow - black - white horizontal tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: photo provided by M. Schmöger
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2014

Taufkirchen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a black shield is the bust of a golden (= yellow) lion armed red. He is lanenating himself by a silver (= white) sword.
Meaning:
The arms are those of the Taufkircher kin, members of the Bavarian noblemen. The arms appear on seals and the tomb stone of Knight Hilprand Taufkircher, who died in 1381. Members of the family had been the local rulers in the 14th and 15th century. The tinctures have been handed down from old collections of arms. They were fixed in 1957.
Source: Wilhelm Volkert: "Wappen im Landkreis München", in: "Der Landkreis München", München 1975, pp. 109, 113 f.

Flag and coat of arms were approved by the district government of Oberbayern on 16 October 1978.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2014

The current flag usage at the town hall switched from horizontal to vertical flags around 2009. Other vertical flags have been used at other places for some time already, though.
M. Schmöger, 29 Mar 2014

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