Last modified: 2022-08-02 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: rimbach(oberpfalz) | sword(flambant) | inescutcheon |
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It is a white-red-yellow vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2022
Shield Azure a sword flambant of Gules and Or and hilted Argent in bend sinister; on dexter chief an inescutcheon parted per pale, at dexter Gules a fess Argent, at sinister Argent.
Meaning:
The sword is an attribute of St. Michael, the local patron saint. The inescutcheon is reminding on the Pelkofen kin, ruler of the Lichteneck district (Bavarian: Hofmark) since 1640, to which the biggest part of the current municipality belonged. The kin also built a new castle and in 1719 a new parish church.
Source: "Oberpfälzer Wappenbuch - Öffentliche Wappen der Oberpfalz", Regensburg 1991, pp.60-61
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 8 September 1982 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberpfalz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2022
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