Last modified: 2022-03-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2022
Shield Or, a demi-lion Sable, crowned, armed an tongued Gules with a sword of the same in bend piercing his head, in base two hayforks Sable in saltire.
Meaning:
The forks are taken from the family arms of the Lords of Pilsach, who lived in the village between the 12th and 15th century. The pierced lion is taken from the arms of the Senft kin. The family owned the local district (Bavarian: Hofmark) between 1383 and 1688.
Source: "Oberpfälzer Wappenbuch. Öffentliche Wappen der Oberpfalz", Regensburg 1991, pp.82-83
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2022
Banner and arms were approved on 17 October 1978 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberpfalz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2022
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