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City of Trochtelfingen (Germany)

Stadt Trochtelfingen, Kreis Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Trochtelfingen city banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 25 May 2013
approved 28 April 1977 See also:

City of Trochtelfingen

Trochtelfingen City Banner

Description of banner:
It is a black - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database and
""Wappenbuch - Die St ädte- und Gemeindewappen im Landkreis Reutlingen" , Münsingen-Rietheim, 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2013

Trochtelfingen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale into red and silver (= white). On the dexter side is a golden, paly attire. On the sinister side is a black, Latin cross having a tip swept to the dexter side.
Meaning:
An attire in a golden field appeared also in the arms of the former municipalities of Hausen a.d. Lauchert and Mägerkingen (black) - which belonged to Württemberg - and Wilsingen (red) - which was a possession of the Counts of Veringen. Due to heraldic rules the colours of Veringen were counterchanged in the arms of Trochtelfingen. The cross is taken from the former arms of Trochtelfingen. The colours black and white are symbolizing Steinhilben and Trochtelfingen proper, which belonged to Hohenzollern before. The colours of the old city flag were kept.
Source: Landeskundliches Informationssystem Baden-Württemberg
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2013

Trochtelfingen City Banner (1958 - 1977)

[Trochtelfingen city banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 26 May 2013
approved 31 May 1958

Description of banner:
It is a black - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database and
""Wappenbuch - Die St ädte- und Gemeindewappen im Landkreis Reutlingen" , Münsingen-Rietheim, 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2013

Trochtelfingen Coat of Arms (1958 - 1977)

Description of coat of arms:
In the silver (= white) shield is a black, Latin cross having a tip swept to the dexter side. The shield has a blue tressure with a nebuly inseam.
Meaning:
The origin of the cross is not known but it appears as the symbol of the city on the town hall in 1747 and on the shield of St. Morris (1779 ?). The tressure is derived from the arms of the Lords of Fürstenberg, who ruled the city from 1534-1806 as vassals of the Counts of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The colours of the flag are those of Hohenzollern, because in 1958 the city belonged to Sigmaringen County.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.103

Banner and coat of arms were approved on 28 April 1977 by the county administration, published in GABl 295/1978.Former banner and coat of arms were approved on 31 May 1958 by minister of interior of Baden-Württemberg, published in GABl 219/1958.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2013

Borough of Mägerkingen

Mägerkingen Banner

[Trochtelfingen-Mägerkingen banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 26 May 2013
approved 19 February 1963

Description of banner:
It is a white red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database and
""Wappenbuch - Die St ädte- und Gemeindewappen im Landkreis Reutlingen" , Münsingen-Rietheim, 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2013

Mägerkingen Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In the red shield is a white gonfanon. The shield has a golden (= yellow) chief, superimposed by ablack attire.
Meaning:
The gonfanon is also found within the arms of Steinhilben, another borough of Trochtelfingen. But I don't know its meaning. The attire is symbolizing that Mägerkingen belonged to Württemberg.
Source: ""Wappenbuch - Die St ädte- und Gemeindewappen im Landkreis Reutlingen" , Münsingen-Rietheim, 2001

Banner and coat of arms were approved on 19 February 1963 by minister of interior of Baden-Württemberg, published in GABl 230/1963.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2013


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