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Heretsried Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Heretsried, Landkreis Augsburg, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-10-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Heretsried municipal banner] 5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Oct 2020
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Heretsried Banner

It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Oct 2020

Heretsried Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a sword Or pointing downwards, flanked by a crozier issuant Argent at dexter and an axe issuant Argent at sinister.
Meaning:
The settlement developed by forest clearance, represented in the arms by the axe. The sword is an attribute of St. Martin, the local patron saint. The crozier is referring to the Holzen Nunnery, which had been the most important manorial lord and local ruler until the 18th century.
Source: "Der Heimatfreund", an appendix of Augsburger Allgemeine (newspaper), Augsburg 1963
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Oct 2020

The arms were approved on 7 June 1962 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Oct 2020


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