Mellrichstadt City (Germany)

Stadt Mellrichstadt, Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: mellrichstadt | church |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

• Mellrichstadt City
• Mellrichstadt Banner
• Mellrichstadt Coat of Arms

• Rhön-Grabfeld County (Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld, Bavaria, Germany)
• County and Municipal Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
• Lower Franconia (Unterfranken)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

Mellrichstadt City

Mellrichstadt Banner

It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Nov 2021

Mellrichstadt Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, on top of an embattled wall Argent masoned Sable a church of the same with apse and two towers, all with roofs Azure topped by crosslets Or.
Meaning:
Already the oldest city seal from the 13th century displayed the church. The tinctures are known since 1544. The shape of the embattled wall caused a misinterpretation as a chequered fess in tinctures red and white, in the 19th century predominantly in Bavarian tinctures white and blue. Otto Hupp (1925) restored the embattled wall.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.16
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Nov 2021

The banner was introduced in 1951. The arms are in use since the 14th century.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Nov 2021

back to Rhön-Grabfeld cities and municipalities click here