Bad Blankenburg City (Germany)

Stadt Bad Blankenburg, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolfstadt, Thüringen

Last modified: 2021-07-03 by klaus-michael schneider
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2021

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2021

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Bad Blankenburg City

Bad Blankenburg Banner

It is a green-yellow vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted towards the top (see left image above) or without coat of arms (see right image above).
Sources: this online catalogue and this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2021

Bad Blankenburg Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, a lion rampant guardant Or, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are known already since the 14th century and display a differentiation of the lion of the Counts of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, who ruled the city for a long time. The pattern changed various times in minor details. Around 1920 the posture was just rampant and the lion had a red coronet upon his head.
Source: Hartmut Ulle: "Neues Thüringer Wappenbuch", vol.2, Erfurt 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2021

The arms are traditional and the flag colours are in use at least since 1941.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2021

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