Ruderatshofen Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Ruderatshofen, Landkreis Ostallgäu, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-09-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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Ruderatshofen Municipality

Ruderatshofen Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2020

Ruderatshofen Coat of Arms

Renaissance shield parted per pale, at dexter Gules, at sinister Argent a bend Gules fretty Or.
Meaning:
The shield parted of red and white is alluding to the Bishopric of Augsburg, which acquired the Lordship of Ottilienberg with Ruderatshofen in 1610. The bend fretty is taken from the arms of the Lords of Rotenstein. It is known since 1330 by the Zürich Roll of Arms and by later seals. The Lords of Rotenstein were first mentioned in 1239. Their ancestral seat had been Grönenbach Castle. They had been in service of the Princely Abbey of Kempten and owned large estates especially in Ebenhofen.They died out in 1562.
Source: Aegidius Kolb and Ewald Kohler (editors): "Ostallgäu, Einst und Jetzt", Marktoberdorf 1984, pp.1211-1213
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2020

The arms were approved on 10 July 1954 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2020

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