Fürstenstein Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Fürstenstein, Landkreis Passau, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-02-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2022

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2022

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Fürstenstein Municipality

Fürstenstein Banner

It is a blue vertical monocolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top. Its upper edge is either white (see left image above) or yellow (see right image above).
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2022

Fürstenstein Coat of Arms

Renaissance shield Argent a stepped gable Sable.
Meaning:
The gable, consisting of 13 black bricks ordered 1:2:3:4:3 had been the canting heraldic symbol of the Lords of Schwarzenstein. The kin played an important role between 1474 and 1597 as local rulers of Fürstenstein and Englburg. They had been in service of the Dukes of Bayern and the Bishops of Passau. After the kin had died out in 1599, the gable became a part of the arms of Barons of Taufkirchen, their successors
Source: "Unser Bayern", appendix of Bayerische Staatszeitung, 1953, p.62
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 23 June 1956 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2022

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