Mittelfranken District (Bavaria, Germany)

Bezirk Mittelfranken, Central Franconia

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10:3 or 25:8 by Marcus Schmöger Coat-of-arms adopted 3rd July 1957

• Introduction
• Description
• County Flags (Landkreisflaggen):
  • Ansbach County (Landkreis Ansbach)
  • Erlangen-Höchstadt County (Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt)
  • Fürth County (Landkreis Fürth)
  • Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim County (Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim)
  • Nürnberger Land County (Landkreis Nürnberger Land)
  • Roth County (Landkreis Roth)
  • Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen County (Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen)
• County-Free City Flags (Flaggen kreisfreier Städte):
  • City of Ansbach (Stadt Ansbach)
  • City of Nuremberg (Stadt Nürnberg)
  • City of Erlangen (Stadt Erlangen)
  • City of Fürth (Stadt Fürth)
  • City of Schwabach (Stadt Schwabach)
• Counties before the 30th June 1972 municipal reform:
  • Ansbach County (Landkreis Ansbach)
  • Dinkelsbühl County (Landkreis Dinkelsbühl)
  • Eichstätt County (Landkreis Eichstätt)
  • Erlangen County (Landkreis Erlangen)
  • Feuchtwangen County (Landkreis Feuchtwangen)
  • Fürth County (Landkreis Fürth)
  • Gunzenhausen County (Landkreis Gunzenhausen)
  • Hersbruck County (Landkreis Hersbruck)
  • Hilpoltstein County (Landkreis Hilpoltstein)
  • Lauf an der Pegnitz County (Landkreis Lauf an der Pegnitz)
  • Neustadt an der Aisch County (Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch)
  • Nuremberg County (Landkreis Nürnberg)
  • Rothenburg ob der Tauber County (Landkreis Rothenburg ob der Tauber)
  • Scheinfeld County (Landkreis Scheinfeld)
  • Schwabach County (Landkreis Schwabach)
  • Uffenheim County (Landkreis Uffenheim)
  • Weissenburg County (Landkreis Weissenburg)
• Other municipal flags:
  • Market-Town of Ippesheim (Markt Ippesheim)
  • Market-Town of Ipsheim (Markt Ipsheim)

See also:

• Franconia (Franken)
• Higher Communal Associations (Höhere Kommunalverbände, including Bezirke)
• District, County and Municipal Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

Mittelfranken (Central Franconia) includes the centre of Bavaria and many well-known historic cities such as Nuremberg and Rothenburg, to name a few.

Stefan Schwoon, 11 October 2001

The coat-of-arms (since 3rd July 1957) combines symbols for the burgrave of Nuremberg (quartered Argent and Sable), for the former Imperial Cities (eagle) and for Franconia as a whole (the "saw-tooth"). Since about 1980 an unofficial flag has been used, without approval by the Ministry of the Interior. This is horizontally divided red-white with the arms in the center. Source: Linder 1997 which is available online at the Der Flaggenkurier website. Further information at the Bezirk Mittelfranken website (only illustration of the arms) and at the CSU Mittelfranken webpage (illustration and description of the arms).

Marcus Schmöger, 27 January 2001

More recently I obtained information from the Bezirk to clarify the question of how the flag actually looks like, especially if it is used as a normal horizontal flag or as a hanging flag (Banner). The flag is only used as hanging flag (250cm × 80cm or 500cm × 150cm), with the arms offcentred to the top. Source: information from the flagmakers Fahnen Eckart.

Marcus Schmöger, 10 May 2001

According to a photo of an actual flag this is indeed a hanging flag, and the arms are significantly offcentred to the top. Source: Dieter Linder, The "Höhere Kommunalverbände" in Germany, oral presentation during the 19th International Congress of Vexillology at York (23-27 July 2001).

Marcus Schmöger, 21 October 2001

Markt Ippesheim

by Jorge Candeias

Markt Ippesheim (Landkreis Neustadt a.d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim) in Bavaria, some 50 km West of Nürnberg. A red-yellow-red triband with coat-of-arms at the centre.

Jorge Candeias, 8 March 1999

Ippesheim and Ipsheim are two different municipalities, both in Neustadt/Aisch-Bad Windsheim county. Ippesheim has a red-yellow-red flag, Ipsheim a green-white-red one. The information on the flag of Ippesheim (which was presumably the source for the information on FotW) is in this webpage.

Stefan Schwoon, 21 February 2002

Markt Ipsheim

by Santiago Dotor

This webpage shows a picture of the flag and the coat-of-arms of Markt Ipsheim (Neustadt a.d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim), a county of Mittelfranken district in Bavaria.

Franc Van Diest, 30 January 2001