Urspringen Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Urspringen, Landkreis Main-Spessart, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-03-05 by klaus-michael schneider
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Urspringen Municipality

Urspringen Banner

It is a white-red-whute vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2022

Urspringen Coat of Arms

Shield parted by a pale wavy Argent, at dexter Gules a ram's horn Argent, at sinister quartered of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The pale wavy is canting, as the name of the municipality means "origin of a creek". The quartered shield displays the arms of the Counts of Castell, the horn is a differentiation of those of the Voit kin from Rieneck. Around 1730 the former had been reeves of the latter, who had been vassals of the Counts of Rieneck.
Source: Hans-Joachim Schreiber: "Kommunalheraldik im ehemaligen Landkreis Marktheidenfeld", Würzburg 1973, pp.163-166
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 28 December 1970 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Unterfranken.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2022

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