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Goldkronach City (Germany)

Stadt Goldkronach, Landkreis Bayreuth, Bayern

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2020

Goldkronach City

Goldkronach Banner
Goldkronach Coat of Arms

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Bayreuth County (Landkreis Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany)
County and Municipal Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
Upper Franconia (Oberfranken)
Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
Germany

Goldkronach City

Goldkronach Banner

It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms in a white bannerhead.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2020

Goldkronach Coat of Arms

Shield gyronny of eight Sable-Gules-Argent-Argent-Sable-Argent-Gules-Argent, the gyrons Gules charged with royal crowns Or.
Meaning:
The first known seal from 1550 displayed in a quartered shield the canting crown in quarter 1 and 4 and the (quartered) Zollern shield in quarter 2 and 3. Seals from 1581 and 1692 displayed the same pattern, a relief from 1573 displays a mirrored version. That relief also displays a shield with the current pattern. The pattern was confirmed in 1819.
Source: Stadler 1965, p.62
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2020

The arms are in use since the since the 16th century. The banner was approved in 1959.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2020

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