Thüngersheim Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Thüngersheim, Landkreis Würzburg, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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Thüngersheim Municipality

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It is a blue-white-green vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2020

Thüngersheim Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, an angel Argent, nimbed Or, holding a sword Argent hilted Or in his right hand and a pair of sales Or in his left hand and standing on a dragon reguardant Vert, on the angel's breast is an inescutcheon Azure, parted by a bend Argent, charged with three annulats Azure.
Meaning:
The angel is St. Michael, recognisable by his attributes sword and scales. The inescutcheon displays the personal arms of Julius Echter of Mespelbrunn, Bishop of Würzburg . These arms also had been on a local flag from 1616. Since 1806 the inescutcheon was omitted. It was restored in 1952.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.76
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2020

The arms were granted in 1581 by the Bishop of Würzburg and confirmed in 1952.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2020

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