Last modified: 2022-08-01 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: neukirchen beim heiligen blut | church |
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![[Neukirchen at the Sacred Blood town banner wo/ script]](../images/d/de-ch-nk1_.gif) 5:2  image by Jörg Majewski, 28 July 2022
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![[Neukirchen at the Sacred Blood town banner w/ script]](../images/d/de-ch-nk2_.gif) 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 July 2022
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It is a white vertical monocolour with a blue stripe on the fly edge. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top in the white section with an additional red embowed inscription "Neukirchen" (above) and "beim Heiligen Blut" (below) (see right image above) or without inscription (see left image above).
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
Shield Azure a church Argent, seen from the South, with one belfry and red roofs topped by two crosslets Or.
Meaning:
The name of the town often changed, e.g. Neukirchen, Neunkirchen, Neukirchen vor dem Böheimer Wald or Neukirchen im Aigen. Neukirchen gained the rights of a market town in 1377. The privilege, including the right to use proper arms, got lost during the Hussite Wars. It was renewed in 1456. The renewal and seal print from 1514 already displayed the current pattern. Later town seals and literature in the 18th and 19th century sometimes displayed the church with a belfry at sinister, i.e. seen from the North. The tinctures are known by paintings from 1562 and 1565.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.26
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
The banner is used without approval. The arms were granted around 1420 by Duke Johannes of Straubing-Holland.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
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