Burgoberbach Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Burgoberbach, Landkreis Ansbach, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-07-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Burgoberbach Municipality

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It is a red-yellow-red vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2020

Burgoberbach Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a fess Or, in chief a lion passant guardant Argent, in base a saltire cotised Argent.
Meaning:
The lion is taken from the arms of the Lords of Oberbach, who owned estates in the current municipality in the Medieval. The fess from the arms of the Barons of Crailsheim is representing Niederoberbach and Sommersdorf. The saltire is taken from the family arms of the Counts of Oettingen. They ruled Burgoberbach as vassals of the Bishops of Eichstätt. The tinctures red and silver are referring to the bishopric.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2020

The coat of arms was approved on 27 October 1976.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2020

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