City of Schweinfurt (Unterfranken District, Bavaria, Germany)

Stadt Schweinfurt

Last modified: 2004-02-07 by santiago dotor
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by Stefan Schwoon

• Description

See also:

• Schweinfurt County (Landkreis Schweinfurt)
• Unterfranken District (Bezirk Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany)
• County and Municipal Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)

I do not have an illustration or photo of the city flag, but only a written hint. The source is Stadler 1968, p. 64: "(...) die Flagge ist blau mit schildlosem weißem Adler", that is, "the flag is blue with a representation of a white eagle without any shield". The heraldic description of the city arms reads, "In Blau ein silberner Adler" ["Azure, an eagle Argent"]. The source is the same as above. That means, the eagle is one-headed with the head directed to heraldic dexter.

Dieter Linder, 19 November 1998

Blue banner [hanging flag] with the arms. Schweinfurt was formerly an imperial city, hence the arms show the imperial eagle (with changed colours). Sources: flag from Staack 1997, arms from Stadler 1964-1971.

Stefan Schwoon, 4 March 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

The arms show the imperial eagle. The eagle alread