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Market-Town of Isen (Germany)

Markt Isen, Erding County, Bavaria

image by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted 8 Feb 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

Description

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 Apr 2002

The CoA of the municipality of Dunajov, in Cadca district, Slovakia, has exactly the same maiden, named "Meluzína"; on this website I found "The Myth of Melusina", copied to the Dunajov page.
Jarig Bakker, 20 Dec 2003

Variant without Coat-of-Arms

image by Marcus Schmöger
Flag adopted 8 Feb 1984

Flag used unofficially before 1984

image 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 Apr 2001