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Dornbirn, Vorarlberg (Austria)

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[Dornbirn]
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[Dornbirn]
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[Dornbirn]
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[Dornbirn, table flag]
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by Marcus Schmöger,
9 August 2005
by Marcus Schmöger,
26 October 2009
by Marcus Schmöger,
26 October 2009
by Marcus Schmöger,
6 November 2007

Name of municipality: Dornbirn
Status: Stadtgemeinde (town)
Land (state): Vorarlberg
Bezirk (district): Dornbirn
 
Description of arms (German): In einem ovalen, roten, von einem silbernen Querbalken durchzogenen Schilde ein grüner befruchteter Birnbaum, aus grünem Boden erwachsend. [1] [2] [3]
Blazoning of arms (English): Gules, a fess Argent, issuant from a mount Vert, a pear-tree Vert, fructed Or.
Adoption date of arms: 1 February 1929 (based on the historical arms, originally granted 23 September 1655)
 
Description of flag: two stripes, red-white, with coat-of-arms [4] [5]; colours (flag) are not mentioned in [2
Adoption date of flag: ?
Sources: [1] [brm75]
[2] [bzp73
[3] [stl04]
[4] list of Austrian municipal colours, by Jan Miller, 18 February 1965/ 16 April 1965/ 24 June 1965 (archive Arnold Rabbow)
[5] photos at
http://www.ris.at//company/standesbeamte/gallerie/PC020388gr.JPG
[6] photo by Stefan Schwoon, 14 July 2007
[7] photo in Österreichische Bürgermeister-Zeitung 1983: 10: p.74
[8] http://dornbirn.at/cup/Z100/pictures/29.jpg (broken link)

Marcus Schmöger, 9 August 2005 / 6 November 2007 / 26 October 2009 / 29 October 2009


Historical variants

Earlier versions of the flag either showed seven stripes of red and white, with the arms (1954); or two stripes, as currently, but in a very long flag (10:1) (1958).
Source: Matt, W, Platzgummer, H & Platzgummer, H (2002) Geschichte der Stadt Dornbirn: Ortsansichten und Lebenswelten in historischen Fotografien. Dornbirn (Stadt Dornbirn).

Marcus Schmöger, 9 August 2005

[Dornbirn, 1954 version]  [Dornbirn, 1958 version] both by Marcus Schmöger, 9 August 2005


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