Königsberg in Bayern

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KÖNIGSBERG IN BAYERN

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Hassberge (until 1973 Hofheim in Unterfranken)
Additions: 1972 Altershausen, Hofstetten, Köslau, Kottenbrunn, Römershofen, Unfinden; 1974 Junkersdorf; 1978 Dörflis bei Königsberg in Bayern, Hellingen, Holzhausen

Official blazon

(de) In Gold ein zweigeschwänzter, rot bewehrter schwarzer Löwe.

Origin/meaning

The arms show the lion of Meissen. The city was a major center in the area of the Margraves of Meissen and Thüringen in the Middle Ages.

The oldest seals, dating from the 15th and 16^th century show quartered arms with the lions of Meissen and Thüringen. Since the early 17^th century only the lion of Meissen is still present. The colours are known since 1609 and are identical to Meissen. In a small seal from the early 18^th century the lion is standing on a (canting) mountain, but this was again removed. The arms have thus not changed since the 17^th century.

Hupp showed in the 1920s the arms with a normal lion, instead of the correct double-tailed lion of Meissen (see image below).