Unterfranken District (Bavaria, Germany)

Bezirk Unterfranken, Lower Franconia

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Marcus Schmöger Coat-of-arms adopted 9th November 1961

• Introduction
• Description
• County Flags (Landkreisflaggen):
  • Aschaffenburg County (Landkreis Aschaffenburg)
  • Bad Kissingen County (Landkreis Bad Kissingen)
  • Haßberge County (Landkreis Haßberge)
  • Kitzingen County (Landkreis Kitzingen)
  • Main-Spessart County (Landkreis Main-Spessart)
  • Miltenberg County (Landkreis Miltenberg)
  • Rhön-Grabfeld County (Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld)
  • Schweinfurt County (Landkreis Schweinfurt)
  • Würzburg County (Landkreis Würzburg)
• County-Free City Flags (Flaggen kreisfreier Städte):
  • City of Aschaffenburg (Stadt Aschaffenburg)
  • City of Schweinfurt (Stadt Schweinfurt)
  • City of Würzburg (Stadt Würzburg)
• Counties before the 30th June 1972 municipal reform:
  • Alzenau County (Landkreis Alzenau)
  • Aschaffenburg County (Landkreis Aschaffenburg)
  • Brückenau County (Landkreis Brückenau)
  • Bad Kissingen County (Landkreis Bad Kissingen)
  • Bad Neustadt County (Landkreis Bad Neustadt)
  • Ebern County (Landkreis Ebern)
  • Gemünden County (Landkreis Gemünden)
  • Gerolzhofen County (Landkreis Gerolzhofen)
  • Hammelburg County (Landkreis Hammelburg)
  • Haßfurt County (Landkreis Haßfurt)
  • Hofheim County (Landkreis Hofheim)
  • Karlstadt County (Landkreis Karlstadt)
  • Kitzingen County (Landkreis Kitzingen)
  • Königshofen County (Landkreis Königshofen)
  • Lohr County (Landkreis Lohr)
  • Marktheidenfeld County (Landkreis Marktheidenfeld)
  • Mellrichstadt County (Landkreis Mellrichstadt)
  • Miltenberg County (Landkreis Miltenberg)
  • Obernburg County (Landkreis Obernburg)
  • Ochsenfurt County (Landkreis Ochsenfurt)
  • Schweinfurt County (Landkreis Schweinfurt)
  • Würzburg County (Landkreis Würzburg)

See also:

• Higher Communal Associations (Höhere Kommunalverbände, including Bezirke)
• District, County and Municipal Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) lies in the northwest of Bavaria, the area around Würzburg.

Stefan Schwoon, 8 October 2001

The coat-of-arms of Unterfranken (since 9th November 1961) combines the Franconian "saw-tooth" with the symbols for Würzburg (standard) and Mainz (wheel). The unofficial flag is horizontally divided red-white with the arms in the center. Source: Linder 1997 which is available online at the Der Flaggenkurier website. Further information at the Bezirk Unterfranken website (only illustration of the arms).

Marcus Schmöger, 27 January 2001

More recently I obtained information from the Bezirk to clarify the question of how the flag actually looks like, especially if it is used as a normal horizontal flag or as a hanging flag (Banner). The flag is used as hanging flag (proportion 5:2). My image is based on a photo of an actual flag. Source: Letter from the Bezirk Unterfranken and a photo of the actual flag.

Marcus Schmöger, 10 May 2001

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