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Schotten City (Germany)

Stadt Schotten, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen District, Hesse

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image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2006
approved 1967

Schotten Plain Bicolour
Schotten Ceremonial Banner
Coat of Arms

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County and Municipal Flags (Hesse / Hessen)
Hesse (Hessen)
Vogelsberg County
Germany

Schotten Plain Bicolour

Banner:
It is a plain blue-white bicolour.
inhabitants 11,485
Gießen District , state Hesse
banner approved 1967
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Sources: Stadler 1967, p.81 and this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2006

Schotten Ceremonial Banner

5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2006
in use probably since 1998

Ceremonial Banner:
It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe. Beneath the shield is an inscription in unserifed black capitals "STADT SCHOTTEN".
Gießen District , state Hesse
in use probably since 1998
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
Sources: Stadler 1967, p.81 and this online catalogue
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, issuant from base a ball Or, standing on ball a bird Argent armed Gules spreading his wings.
Meaning:
Schotten gained city rights in 1354 and 1356 , but the existence of proper seals of the city is proven much later in the 16th century. That seal displayed a shield with a bird on a mountain. This is likely canting for the Vogelsberg region. The name of the city then had been Schotten (Vogelsberg). It may however also be derived from the arms of the Lords of Weinsberg, who also used an eagle-like bird in their arms. In 1326 Konrad of Weinsberg acquired the village.
The arms were approved in 1962 and since then the mountain in base was interpreted as a ball.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.81
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 May 2017

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