Kulmbach County (Oberfranken District, Bavaria, Germany)

Landkreis Kulmbach

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Stefan Schwoon Coat-of-arms adopted 28 August 1975, flag adopted 20 February 1989

• Description
• Flag 1975-1989

See also:

• Oberfranken District (Bezirk Oberfranken, Upper Franconia)
• County Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

Kulmbach is the only Bavarian county known to have changed its flag after the first grant. On 28.08.1975 a white-red-yellow flag was adopted, on 20.02.1989 the middle stripe was changed to black. I do not know the reason for the change, but the justification for the red stripe seems dubious in the first place when looking at the coat-of-arms. Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Stadler 1964-1972.

Stefan Schwoon, 3 October 2001

The red stripe possibly stood for the red eagle of