Stadelhofen is a municipality in the Upper Franconian (German: Oberfranken) district of Bamberg and a member of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Steinfeld.

Stadelhofen lies at the spot where an old army road from Bamberg to Kulmbach once crossed the way from Weismain to Hollfeld.

Besides Stadelhofen there was also once in the area a now lost parish called Leuchnitz, which lay somewhere between Weismain and Steinfeld.

The charge described above as a “chess-rook” – even though it looks nothing like the rooks seen on a chessboard[4] – is called a Doppelspringer in German, and presumably the sense of “knight” is to be understood.

The red fess (horizontal bar) on the golden field refers to the Counts of Truhendingen.

The tinctures gules and argent (red and silver) refer to the Giech and Förtsch families, who were ministeriales to the Counts of Andechs-Merania.

According to official statistics, there were 61 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses, and in trade and transport none.