Brand Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Brand, Landkreis Tirschenreuth, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-07-02 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Brand Municipality
• Brand Banner
• Brand Coat of Arms

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Brand Municipality

Brand Banner

It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2022

Brand Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a branch Argent burning proper and an axe Argent bladed Or in saltire.
Meaning:
The burning branch is a canting element representing Brand proper. The axe is a tool for forest clearance and is representing Fuhrmannsreuth. Both settlement cores had been established by forest clearance. The tinctures white and blue are those of the Wittelsbach kin, who ruled the Nordgau for centuries.
Source: "Oberpfälzer Wappenbuch. Öffentliche Wappen der Oberpfalz," Regensburg 1991, pp.172-173
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 31 December 1950 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2022

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