Last modified: 2022-03-26 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: berg(neumarkt) | parted per bend sinister | wall(embattled) | lion(yellow) |
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It is a yellow-black vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2022
Shield parted per bend sinister; above right an embattled wall Or masoned Sable; beneath left Sable a lion rampant issuant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The embattled wall, in German blasoned as "a wall Or masoned Sable under a chief embattled Sable", is taken from the arms of the local Voit kin, which had privileges between the 15th and 17th century. The lion issuant is a differentiation of the arms of the Palatine Counts of Rhine, as Berg had been the seat of a ducal district (German: Amt) until 1388.
Source: "Oberpfälzer Wappenbuch. Öffentliche Wappen der Oberpfalz", Regensburg 1991, pp.74-75
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 17 September 1975 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberpfalz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2022
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