Last modified: 2022-08-01 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: wald(oberpfalz) | triplemount(flamed) | fir | dragon |
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image by Jörg Majewski, 28 July 2022
It is a red-white-green vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
Shield Argent, issuant from base a triplemount Vert with flame Gules on either peak, issuant from sinister flanch a winged dragon Gules tongued Or holding an eradicated fir Vert by his claws.
Meaning:
The dragon is taken from the arms of the Benedictine Reichenbach Monastery, which ruled the major part of the current municipality in the Medieval. The eradicated fir is representing a wood (German: Wald) and thus canting. Mount and flames are reminding on the historical connections between the Benedictine Frauenzell Monastery and the Lordship of Brennberg (= burning mountain). The tinctures red and white are those of the Bishopric of Regensburg, which also owned large estates in the region.
Source: "Oberpfälzer Wappenbuch - Öffentliche Wappen der Oberpfalz", Regensburg 1991, pp.66-67
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 27 May 1982 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberpfalz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
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