Last modified: 2021-12-18 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Nonnenhorn municipal flag]](../images/d/de-li-nh.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 9 Dec 2021
It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred coat of arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Dec 2021
![[Nonnenhorn municipal banner]](../images/d/de-li-nh_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 9 Dec 2021
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Dec 2021
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Or a nun statant dressed in habit Sable and holding a rosary Or, at sinister Azure a cornucopia Argent filled with a bunch of grapes, an apple and a pear, all Or, and leaves Vert.
Meaning:
Nonnenhorn belonged to the Lordship of Wasserburg since the Medieval. In 1592 the Counts of Fugger of Kirchberg-Weißenhorn gained the sovereignty over the village. Their tinctures had been blue and gold. The nun is a punning element. Although in fact nuns moved from Nonnenhorn to the neighbouring Wasserburg in 926, the name probably is derived from a person named Nuno. The cornucopia is alluding to the local orcharding and viticulture. Nun (German: Nonne) und cornucopia (German: Füllhorn) together are canting.
Source: Anton Gruber: "Der Landkreis Lindau", Kempten 1956, pp.142-143
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Dec 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 29 February 1988 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Schwaben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Dec 2021
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