Pretzfeld Market Town Municipality (Germany)

Markt Pretzfeld, Landkreis Forchheim, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-09-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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Pretzfeld Market Town

Pretzfeld Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2021

Pretzfeld Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Gules a spearhead issuant Argent, beneath paly of six of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The spearhead of a spear, which is used for boar hunting, is taken from the family arms of the Barons of Stiebar, local rulers between 1505 and 1762. The paly shield displays the family arms of the Counts of Seinsheim, local rulers between 1764 and 1852.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.109
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 18 April 1968 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2021

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