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Municipality of Sonnenbühl (Germany)

Gemeinde Sonnenbühl, Kreis Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2013-11-12 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Sonnenbühl municipal banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 24 May 2013
approved 30 March 1977 See also:

Municipality of Sonnenbühl

Sonnenbühl Municipal Banner

Description of banner:
It is a yellow - blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Jun 2013

Sonnenbühl Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a blue shield is a golden (= yellow) sun, shining upon a hill in base of the same colour.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, displaying a sun (German: Sonne) and a hill (German: Hügel, also called Bühl).
Source: Landeskundliches Informationssystem Baden-Württemberg

Banner and coat of arms were approved on 30 March 1977 by the county administration, published in GABl 295/1978.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Jun 2013

Borough of Willmandingen

Willmandingen Banner

[Sonnenbühl-Willmandingen banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 25 May 2013
approved 11 June 1956

Description of banner:
It is a blue - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: "Wappenbuch - Die Städte- und Gemeindewappen im Landkreis Reutlingen" , p.126; Münsingen-Rietheim, 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2013

Willmandingen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale into silver (= white) and black. The dexter side displays a black, sinister facing bear, armed and tongued red. The sinister side displays an upright silver (= white) mace.
Meaning:
Willmandingen was first mentioned in 772, among others within a charter of the abbey of Sankt Gallen. It was a dominion of the Counts of Achalm in 1100, of the Counts of Zollern from 1296 to 1384, and again since 1474. In the 30-Years-War it was pawned to the Archduchess Claudia of Tirol, who administrated the area from 1634 to 1648. In 1975 Willmandingen joined the municipality of Sonnenbühl. The mace is an attribute of St. Nazarius, the local patron saint, while the bear is alluding to Sankt Gallen.
Source: "Wappenbuch - Die Städte- und Gemeindewappen im Landkreis Reutlingen" , p.126; Münsingen-Rietheim, 2001

Banner and coat of arms were approved on 11 June 1956 by minister of interior of Baden-Württemberg, published in GABl 671/1956. They were abolished on 1 January 1975.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2013

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