Essenbach Market Town (Germany)

Gemeinde Markt Essenbach, Landkreis Landshut, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-05-07 by klaus-michael schneider
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Essenbach Market Town

Essenbach Banner

It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2022

Essenbach Coat of Arms

Shield Sable parted by a cross patty Or, its vertical bar charged with an arrow Azure and on both chief quarters a 6-point star Or.
Meaning:
Cross, arrow and stars are taken from the family arms of the Lords of Leyden, who ruled the Essenbach district (Bavarian: Hofmark) from 1688 until 1797.
Source: "Unser Bayern", appendix of Bayerische Staatszeitung, a newspaper,1970, p.72
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2022

The banner has never been approved officially. The arms were approved on 11 August 1969 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2022

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