Emmendingen County (Germany) (original) (raw)

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Kreis Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg

[ [Emmendingen county banner] ](../images/d/de-em.gif)5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 7 Feb 2001
approved 23 January 1989

Other sites:

Das Kreiswappen (County Coat-of-Arms, German text only) including the description of the flag, at the Emmendingen County official website

Description

A vertical flag, divided red-yellow. Adopted 23.01.1989, according to Dirk Schönberger's Administrative Divisions of the World website. An explanation of the arms is at the county website. Arms are taken from Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website, original source of arms is Stadler 1964.
Stefan Schwoon, 7 Feb 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

The arms were granted on November 5, 1956. The arms are a combination of the arms of Baden, the Lords of Schwarzenberg and the Lords of üsenberg. The major part of the present county was owned by the Countss of Baden from the 14th century. In Emmendingen they had one of their strongholds. The so-called six-topped mountain, is taken from the arms of the Lords of Schwarzenberg, who were very influential in Elzach and Waldkirch. The wing is taken from the arms of the Lords of üsenberg who ruled over Endingen, Herbolzheim and Kenzingen. Both the latter areas became Austrian in the early Middle Ages, but the arms of the original rulers were used instead of the Austrian arms (the wing and the Austrian arms are part of the arms of the latter three towns).
Source: Stadler 1964, p.31

Santiago Dotor, 29 Oct 2001

Civil Flag

[ [Emmendingen county civil banner] ](../images/d/de-em0.gif)5:2 image by Santiago Dotor, 29 Oct 2001
approved 23 January 1989

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