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Keywords: municipality: austria | bicolour: red-white |
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by Marcus Schmöger, 9 August 2005
| Name of municipality: | Dornbirn |
| Status: | Gemeinde (municipality) |
| Land (state): | Vorarlberg |
| Bezirk (district): | Dornbirn |
| Description of arms (German): | In einem ovalen, roten, von einem silbernen Querbalken durchzogenen Schilde ein grüner befruchteter Birnbaum, aus grünem Boden erwachsend. [1] [2] [3] |
| Blazoning of arms (English): | Gules, a fess Argent, issuant from a mount Vert, a pear-tree Vert, fructed Or. |
| Adoption date of arms: | 1 February 1929 (based on the historical arms, originally granted 23 September 1655) |
| Description of flag: | two stripes, red-white, with coat-of-arms [4]; colours (flag) are not mentioned in [2] |
| Adoption date of flag: | ? |
| Sources: | [1] [brm75] [2] [bzp73] [3] [stl04] [4] photos at http://dornbirn.at/cup/Z100/pictures/detail/4665.jpg http://www.ris.at//company/standesbeamte/gallerie/PC020388gr.JPG http://dornbirn.at/cup/Z100/pictures/detail/4665.jpg |
Marcus Schmöger, 9 August 2005 / 6 November 2007
by Marcus Schmöger, 6 November 2007
There is also a table flag (table banner) in use, see http://dornbirn.at/cup/Z100/pictures/29.jpg .
Earlier versions of the flag either showed seven stripes of red and
white, with the arms (1954); or two stripes, as currently, but in a very
long flag (10:1) (1958).
Source: Matt, W, Platzgummer, H & Platzgummer, H (2002) Geschichte der Stadt Dornbirn: Ortsansichten und Lebenswelten in historischen
Fotografien. Dornbirn (Stadt Dornbirn).
Marcus Schmöger, 9 August 2005
both by Marcus Schmöger, 9 August 2005
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