Oberroth Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Oberroth, Landkreis Neu-Ulm, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-09-05 by klaus-michael schneider
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Oberroth Municipality

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It is a white-red-yellow vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2020

Oberroth Coat of Arms

Shield Or a crozier issuant Gules, mantled Gules, at dexter charged with a fess wavy Argent, at sinister charged with a demi-eagle Argent couped per pale.
Meaning:
The crozier is alluding to the Bishopric of Augsburg, which owned large estates in the village, donated by Wolfhart of Roth (1288 bis 1302), Bishop of Augsburg. The fess wavy is taken from the family arms of the Roth kin and refers to the location in the valley of the namesake river. The demi-eagle is taken from the arms of Ottobeuren Abbey, representative for the numerous local landlords.
Source: "Geschichte Schwabens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts" (Handbuch der bayerischen Geschichte 3/2, established by Max Spindler, edited by Andreas Kraus), München 2001, p.383
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2020

The arms were approved on 14 April 1983 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Schwaben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2020

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