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![[Bretten city Banner]](../images/d/de-ka-bt_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2013
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It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon spotted this banner on 27 September 2003 at the local town hall.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2013
The shield is divided lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
Bretten gained city rights in the middle of the 13th century from the Count of Zweibrücken, who had married a daughter of the Eberstein kin. The city was a possession of the Counts of Eberstein and the seals until 1349 thus show the arms of the Counts of Eberstein, a rose. In 1359 the city became a possession of the Palatine Counts of Rhine and the seals since then displayed the arms of the Wittelsbach kin. All later seals images show the same arms, but, contrary to the family arms, with the rhombs placed lozengy proper (Bavarian arms display the rhombs barry bendy).
Source: Stadler 1971, p.28
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Nov 2013
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