Bodenkirchen Municipality (Germany) (original) (raw)


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Gemeinde Bodenkirchen, Landkreis Landshut, Bayern

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[[Bodenkirchen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-la-bo%5F.gif)5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Apr 2022

Bodenkirchen Municipality

Bodenkirchen Banner

It is a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Apr 2022

Bodenkirchen Coat of Arms

Shield Argent parted per pale by a cross patty Azure, flanked in base by two crescents Sable addorsed.
Meaning:
The crescents are taken from the arms of the Haunzenberger kin of Haunzenbergersöll, who owned large estates in the former municipality of Haunzenbergersöll, which had been independent until 1828, between the 13th and 17th century. The kin also ruled the local district. The cross is an attribute of St. John the Baptist, patron saint of the two local parish churches. Representing the church the cross is also canting due to the suffix "-kirchen".
Source: "Unser Bayern", appendix of Bayerische Staatszeitung, a newspaper,1969, p.72
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Apr 2022

The banner has never been approved officially. The arms were approved on 6 September 1968 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Apr 2022

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