Rothenfels City (Germany)

Stadt Rothenfels, Landkreis Main-Spessart, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-03-05 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Rothenfels City
• Rothenfels Banner
• Rothenfels old Banner reported 1968
• Rothenfels Coat of Arms

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Rothenfels City

Rothenfels Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

Rothenfels ols Banner reported 1968

It was a red-white vertical bicolour. A red initial "R" was in a white canton.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.54
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

Rothenfels Coat of Arms

Shield Or with base wavy Argent, issuant from base three rocks Gules, in chief an impending initial "R" Gules.
Meaning:
The first local seal from the 16th centur, known by a print from 1619, only displays the initial, which was very common for entites alongside the Lower main. According to a roll of arms from 1544 the initial had been red on a white shield. A seal of city and council fom 1710 however displays a castle on a rock, superimposed by the initial. The current pattern developed since 1836.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.54
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

Banner and arms are in use without approval.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

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