Kornburg

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KORNBURG

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : until 1972 Schwabach
Incorporated into : 1972 Nürnberg

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Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting, showing wheat-ears before a castle (Burg). The arms were granted at the Saturday after Easter 1499 by Margrave Friedrich von Brandenburg.

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The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s