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![[Dillingen/Donau County banner (Germany)]](../images/d/de-dg_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 15 Oct 2001
The former Dillingen County was enlarged during the 1972 municipal reform with the (previously independent) Dillingen City and parts of Wertingen County
Stefan Schwoon, 22 Aug 2001
It is a yellow-blue-yellow vertical triband with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 15 Oct 2001
Shield twice parted per fess; above Azure a lion passant Or; in centre Or a lion rampant guardant Sable, armed and tongued Gules; beneazh Azure a fleur-de-lis Or.
Meaning:
The new arms show the yellow lion from the arms of the Counts of Dillingen from the old arms, combined with the black lion, taken from the arms of the former Wertingen County and based on the arms of the Staufen kin, since 1069 being Dukes of Swabia and later Kings of Germany. The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of St. Mary, the patron saint of the Bishopric of Augsburg, taken from the arms of the city of Dillingen.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Santiago Dotor, 5 Feb 2004
Banner and arms were approved on 19 October 1973.
Stefan Schwoon, 15 Oct 2001
![[Dillingen/Donau County flag 1972 (Germany)]](../images/d/de-dg-c1_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 22 Aug 2001
It was a yellow-blue-yellow vertical triband with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 22 Aug 2001
Shield parted by a bend Or, above left Azure a lion passant Or in bend, beneath lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The lion and the bend are taken from the arms of the former Counts of Dillingen, who used arms with a lion on both sides of the bar. The lower part shows the arms of the Wittelsbach kin and is symbolising that a large part of the district historically belonged to the Pfalz and later to Bayern.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.26
Santiago Dotor, 30 July 2003
The banner was approved on 10 April 1967, the arms were approved on 5 July 1956. Both were abolished on 30 June 1972.
Stefan Schwoon, 22 Aug 2001
![[Wertingen county flag (Germany)]](../images/d/de-dg-c2_.gif)
5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 29 Aug 2001
It was a black-yellow-blue vertical tricolour with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 29 Aug 2001
Shield twice parted per fess; above Or a lion rampant guardant Sable, armed and tongued Gules; in centre lozengy of Argent and Azure; beneath parted per pale of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The upper part shows the arms of the Staufen kin, since 1069 being Dukes of Swabia and later Kings of Germany, the oldest known rulers in the county, which ruled the whole county until 1268. The lozenges in the middle are the arms of their successors from the Wittelsbach kin, Dukes and later Kings of Bayern. The lower part shows the arms of the Bishopric of Augsburg, as the bishopric also had several possessions in the county.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.95
Santiago Dotor, 31 July 2003
Banner and arms were approved on 26 January 1962 and abolished on 30 June 1972.
Stefan Schwoon, 22 Aug 2001
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