Last modified: 2022-06-04 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2022
It is a red-white-green vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2022
Shield Or, issuant from base a triplemount Vert charged with a fleur-de-lis Argent, issuant from its central peak a fir Vert, flanked by a crozier Gules in pale at dexter and a mattock Gules in pale at sinister.
Meaning:
The green triplemount in a golden shield displays the old arms of the Benedictine Niederaltaich Abbey and is referring to the close connections between municipality and abbey since the 12th century until 1803, when the abbey had been secularised. The abbey and its Rinchnach Provostry started the peopling of the Bavarian Forest in the area. The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of St. Mary and is referring to her local pilgrimage church. The crozier of an abbot (German: Abt) is representing the former municipality of Abtschlag, the mattock is representing the former municipality of Schlag, which means forest clearance. Mattocks had also been part of the arms of abbey and municipality of Rinchnach. Fir and triplemount are referring to the location of the municipality in the Bavarian Forest.
Source: Eduard Zimmermann: "Bayerische Klosterheraldik", München 1930, pp.108-109
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 25 February 1985 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Niederbayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2022
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