Hafenlohr Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Hafenlohr, Landkreis Main-Spessart, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-03-05 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: hafenlohr | fess(wavy) | pot |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

• Hafenlohr Municipality
• Hafenlohr Banner
• Hafenlohr Coat of Arms

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

Hafenlohr Municipality

Hafenlohr Banner

It is a white-red-yellow vertical tricolour, either with centred coat of arms (see left image above) or in a white bannerhead on a Renaissance shield (see right image above).
Sources: this photo and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

Hafenlohr Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a fess wavy Argent, above a pot Or with a handle at sinister.
Meaning:
The pot is canting, but I don't know why. Perhaps the handle is called an ear by the locals. The name of the municipality is derived from a little river, which flows into the Main River near Hafenlohr. The name is also referring to the local port, which had been an important business line in the 15th century. The tinctures red and golden are those of the Counts of Rieneck, who lived in the village since the middle of the 12th century. After the Counts of Rieneck-Rothenfels had died out in 1333, the village became a fiefdom of the Bishopric of Würzburg, represented by the tinctures red and silver.
Source: "Unser Bayern", appendix of Bayerische Staatszeitung, 1957, p.24
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 30 January 1957 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Feb 2022

back to Main-Spessart cities and municipalities click here