City of Wasserburg upon Inn (Germany)

Stadt Wasserburg am Inn, Kreis Rosenheim, Oberbayern District, Bavaria

Last modified: 2014-04-20 by klaus-michael schneider
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City of Wasserburg upon Inn

Wasserburg Square Flag

Description of flag:
The ratio is 1:1. In the centre is the coat of arms without shield, surrounded by an orle chequered of silver (= white) and red.
Source: Joe Schmöger spotted this flag on 6 September 2001 on top of Brucktor, a city gate in Wasserburg, confirmed by Stefan Schwoon on 14 September 2002.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2014

Wasserburg Banner

Description of banner:
4:1 image by Gunnar Staack and Stefan Schwoon, 3 Apr 2001, modified by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg

It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The banner head displays the square flag mentioned above.
Source: Gunnar Staack spotted this banner in 1985 in front of a local town hall.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2014

Wasserburg Plain Banner

Description of banner:
4:1 image by Stefan Schwoon, 3 Apr 2001, modified by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg

It is a red - white vertical bicolour.
Source: Wasserburger Stimme Online (a newspaper), July 2013, photo no. 81
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2014

Wasserburg Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (= white) shield is a red, rampant lion, crowned and armed golden (= yellow).
Meaning:
The lion is interpreted as Palatine-Bavarian and thus alluding to the dukes from the Wittelsbach kin, local rulers since 1248. But Hupp (1912) and others claimed, it was taken from the shield of the Counts of Wasserburg, who had been local rulers before. The oldest seal - probably made around 1250, the first existing print dated from 1292 - displays a crowned lion with a circumscription "SIGILLVM CIVITATIS IN WAZZERBVRCH". The tinctures varied during the centuries. The reason was that the tinctures of the counts were not known.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.90
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2014

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