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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2020
It is a red-white-red vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2020
Shield Argent two bends sinister Gules, over all a double headed eagle Sable, crowned and armed Or.
Meaning:
Holzheim County belonged to the Counts of Berg-Schelkingen and was acquired by Austria in 1303. It remiend a dominion of the Habsburg kin until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. The bends sinister are taken from the arms of the Counts of Berg, the eagle, and the flag colours, from those of Austria.
Source: "Geschichte Schwabens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts" (Handbuch der bayerischen Geschichte 3/2, established by Max Spindler, edited by Andreas Kraus), München 2001, p.359
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2020
The arms were approved on 6 July 1970 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2020
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