Ellingen City (Germany)

Stadt Ellingen, Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-09-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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Ellingen City

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It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021

Ellingen Coat of Arms

Shield Azure an inescutcheon Argent, charged with an impending saltire Azure.
Meaning:
Although Ellingen had been one of the headquarters of the Teutonic Order, there had been no local autonomy until the beginning of the 19th century. Thus there had been no local seals. The saltire here is a differentiation of the order's arms, as Ellingen had been seat of the Franconian bailiwick of the order and seat of its Master of Germany (German: Deutschmeister, Latin: Magister Germaniae) .
Source: Stadler 1965, p.46
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021

The arms were approved in 1817.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2021

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