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Spalt City (Germany)

Stadt Spalt, Landkreis Roth, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-09-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Sep 2021 		[]
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It is a either a green-white vertical bicolour (2) (see central image above), a green-white-green triband (3) (see right image above) with ratio of stripes 1:1:1 or a white banner with green vertical edges (1) (see left image above). The coat of arms is shifted towards the top and in (1) in the white stripe.
Sources:
(3) this online catalogue
(2) Stefan Schwoon's database
(1) this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Sep 2021

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, on base Vert a church Argent with two towers, roofs Azure topped by three crosslets Or on balls of the same, accompanied at sinister by a tree Vert.
Meaning:
All local seals between 1337 and 1669 displayed the stylised local parish church, dedicated to St. Emmeram, and the tree. Seals from the 18th century displayed an additional number 1538 and a wolf, based on an urban legend that a wolf had been clamped in a cleft of a tree. This pattern prevailed in the 19th century on seals and coloured paintings but with uncertain tinctures. The old pattern was restored in 1965 based on a picture of Otto Hupp.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.67
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Sep 2021

The arms were confirmed by Bavarian Main State Archive (Hauptstaatsarchiv) in München on 18 June 1965.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Sep 2021

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