Description of banner:
The ratio is approx. 11:5. It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this flag on 12 December 2012 in the town hall of Lauda-Königshofen in Lauda.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013

Lauda-Königshofen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a celestial blue shield is a square flag quarterly divided into silver (= white) and red. The flag has to embattled edges and is stuck upon a golden (= yellow) jousting lance. The flag is topped by an impending golden (= yellow) coronet.
Meaning:
The elements of the shield are taken from the flags of the former cities of Lauda (flag on lance) and Königshofen (coronet). The flag is those of the city and bishopric of Würzburg. The bishops had been the former rulers for centuries in Lauda. The coronet is a reduction of the crowned head in the flag of Königshofen.
Source: Stadler 1971, pp.60/64

On 25 August 1977 a red- white (plain) flag and the coat of arms were approved by Landratsamt of Main-Tauber-Kreis, published in GABl 293/1978
Special thanks to Mr. Roland Schmidinger from the city administration.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013

Borough of Königshofen

Königshofen Municipal Banner (until 1974)

11:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
abolished 31 December 1974

Description of banner:
The ratio is approx. 11:5. It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the bottom.
Source: municipal website of Lauda-Köpnigshofen
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013

Königshofen Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess into silver (= white) over red. Above is a king's head crowned by a golden (= yellow) coronet. Below is a silver (= white) wheel having six spokes.
Meaning:
The king's head is a canting element. The name is derived from the German word "Königshaupt". The field below is alluding to the Archbishopric and Electorate of Mainz. Königshofen belonged tp the archbishopric until 1802. The pattern of the current arms is based upon seals , probably since about 1550. Prints exist since 1599.
Königshofen had been a market town in the middle of the 18th century and was afterwards called "Stödtlein", i.e. little city. It lost city rights in 1921 and regained them in 1950. It was incorporated into the city of Lauda-Königshofen on 1 January 1975, published in GesBl 248/1974
Source: Stadler 1971, p.60
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013

Borough of Lauda

Lauda Municipal Banner (until 1974)

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2013
approved 1964(?), abolished 31 December 1974

Description of banner:
It is a red over white horizontal bicolour. The proportion of stripes is approx. 1:2. The coat of arms is shifted to the top covering parts of both stripes.
Source: I spotted this banner on 22 May 2013 in the town hall of Lauda-Königshofen in Lauda.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2013

Lauda Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a celestial blue shield is a square flag quarterly divided into silver (= white) and red. The flag has to embattled edges and is stuck upon a golden (= yellow) jousting lance.
Meaning:
Lauda gained city rights in 1344 from King Ludwig the Bavarian. The oldest known seal dates from the same time (prints since 1356) and displays a shield with the arms of the Counts of Rieneck and the arms of the Lords of Luden, the name givers of Lauda. Between 1506 and 1559 the city became part of the Bishopric of Würzburg and ever since the city used the banner of the bishopric surrounded by three initials "L" as a distinguishing mark of the city.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.64

Banner(?) and coat of arms were approved by minister of interior of Baden-Württemberg in 1964.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2013

Borough of Oberbalbach

Oberbalbach Municipal Banner (until 1974)

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
abolished 31 December 1974

Description of banner:
The ratio is approx. 5:2. It is a green - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this banner on 12 December 2012 in the town hall of Lauda-Königshofen in Lauda.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013

Oberbalbach Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (= yellow) shield is St.George. He rides on a black, forcene horse and is killing a green dragon by a red lance.
Meaning:
St. George is the patron saint of the local Catholic church.
Oberbalbach was incorporated into Lauda acc. to GesBl 248/1974 on 1 January 1975.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.101
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013

Borough of Oberlauda

Oberlauda Municipal Banner (until 1974)

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2013
abolished 31 December 1974

Description of banner:
It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this banner on 22 May 2013 in the town hall of Lauda-Königshofen in Lauda.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2013

Oberlauda Municipal Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a red shield are three silver (= white) annulets ordered 2:1.
Meaning: Before 1803 Oberlauda was part of the Lordship of Lauda, from 1803 to 1806 of the Principality of Leiningen and since 1806 of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Oberlauda since 1635 was connected with the nearby village of Heckfeld. Both had a common mayor and a common court. Since 1685 Oberlauda and Heckfeld were two independent municipalities. A seal displaying the three annulets was first used on 5 July 1744. According to a protocol of the city council of Lauda from 1777, the annulets had been just three initials "O" symbolizing the municipality. They morphed into annulets in 1811, probably by an error of the seal-engraver.
Source: H.G.Zier and J.F. Kastner "Wappenbuch des Landkreises Tauberbischofsheim"; Karlsruhe 1967; pp.157-158

The coat of arms was adopted by the municipal council on 28 March 1902.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,29 May 2013

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