Municipality of Hohenlinden (Germany)

Gemeinde Hohenlinden, Kreis Ebersberg, Oberbayern District, Bavaria

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• Hohenlinden proposed Bicolour
• Hohenlinden Coat of Arms

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Municipality of Hohenlinden

Hohenlinden de facto Tricolour

Description of banner:
Three stripes, green-white-blue, with arms.
Sources:
head office of Bavarian state archives
Ebersberg county archives
letter from municipality, 11 March 2002, with flag drawing
letter from municipality, 26 March 2002
own observations, 3 October 2000; 3 October 2001
photo M. Schmöger from 23 May 2001; 22 March 2002
photo in "Ebersberger Neueste Nachrichten" (newspaper), 4 December 2000
M. Schmöger, 14 May 2014

Hohenlinden proposed Bicolour

Description of banner:
Two stripes, green-white, with arms, never used.
M. Schmöger, 14 May 2014

Still, that would mean that de jure they had bicolour 1971-2001.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 14 May 2014

Hohenlinden Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
Arms blazoning: Argent, on a mount Azure charged with two swords in saltire Argent, a linden tree Vert.
Meaning:
The green-white flag granted in 1971 was obviously never used. Instead since about 1971 a green-white-blue flag was used and no one ever noticed, until yours truly pointed out this fact to the municipality. This prompted a correction of the approval initiated by a resolution of the municipal council that referred to yours truly as "Hochheitszeichensammler" (a German neologism with orthographic creativity). Interestingly enough, the chronicle mentioned above among the sources does not only describe the green-white flag, but also has a dust cover in green-white with the municipal arms (in a seal-like manner).
Sources:
head office of Bavarian state archives
Ebersberg county archives
W. Schierl: "Chronik der Gemeinde Hohenlinden", Hohenlinden 1976, pp. 10-11
H. Sponholz: "Schöne Heimat Ebersberg - Der Landkreis in Bildern"; Ottenhofen 1975; pp.148,150
Landkreis Ebersberg (ed.): "Landkreis Ebersberg - eine Information",ca. 1997; p.69
Bayern Gemeinden webpage

The flag was adopted on 17 December 2001 by the local council and approved on 26 February 2002 by head office of Bavarian State Archives. The coat of arms was approved on 12 July 1971 by district government of Oberbayern. The bicolour was also approved on 12 July 1971 by district government of Oberbayern by document II A 4 - 8001 a 5. The bicolour was never used.
M. Schmöger, 14 May 2014

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