Plankenfels Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Plankenfels, Landkreis Bayreuth, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-08-15 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: plankenfels | star(6-point) | wolf | chess-rook |
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2020

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2020

• Plankenfels Municipality
• Plankenfels Banner
• Plankenfels plain Banner
• Plankenfels Coat of Arms

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Plankenfels Municipality

Plankenfels Banner

It is a black-white-blue vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top (see left image above).
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2020

Plankenfels plain Banner

It is a black-white-blue vertical tricolour (see right image above).
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2020

Plankenfels Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, on a base bendy Sable, charged with three 6-point stars Argent, a wolf rampant Azure, in sinister chief a chess-rook Sable.
Meaning:
The wolf is taken from the arms of the Lords of Plankenfels, first mentioned in 1217 and died out in 1538. Bend and stars are taken from the arms of the Lords of Schlammersdorf, owners in the 17th and 18th century. The rook is taken from the arms of the Lords of Neustädter-Stürmer, who owned Wadendorf village in the 16th century.
Source: Haus der bayrischen Geschichte
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2020

Banner and arms were approved on 11 November 1885 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberfranken.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2020

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