Market-Town of Isen (Erding County, Bavaria, Germany)

Markt Isen

Last modified: 2002-04-12 by santiago dotor
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by Marcus Schmöger Flag adopted 8th February 1984, coat-of-arms adopted 1548

• Description
• Variant without Coat-of-Arms
• Flag used unofficially before 1984

See also:

• Erding County (Kreis Erding, Bavaria, Germany)
• County and Municipal Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

Other sites:

• Isen Municipal Flag at Marcus Schmöger's The Arms and Flags of the Landkreis Erding website

Emperor Charles V granted the arms to Isen in 1548, blazon: Azure, a mermaid proper habited Gules and crowned Or, holding up her tails Or. After the municipal reform this arms was readopted and concurrently a flag was officially adopted (8th February 1984). The flag is red-yellow-red and usually (but not always) displays the arms.

Marcus Schmöger, 2 April 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

The meaning or origin of the figure in the arms is not quite clear. The arms were granted in 1548 by Emperor Charles V. In the original description the figure is described as a siren. There is no explanation. The village became a town in 1438 (...). The town was a part of the State of Freising, which used completely different arms. Ever since 1548 the arms have been used, although the clothing of the siren has sometimes changed (or was removed completely).

Literature: Stadler 1964-1972.

Santiago Dotor, 11 April 2002

by Marcus Schmöger Flag adopted 8th February 1984

by Marcus Schmöger Flag used unofficially before 1984

Before 1984 a flag of green-white was in unofficial use. It is unclear since when this had been used and where the colours had been derived from.

Marcus Schmöger, 2 April 2001