Oberau Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Oberau, Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-05-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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Oberau Municipality

Oberau Banner

It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband. The coat of arms is in a white bannerhead.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2021

Oberau Coat of Arms

Shield Azure with base wavy Argent, an impending watermill wheel Argent.
Meaning:
Water power was very important for the local business lines. Water power ran sawmills and plaster stone beaters. The production of plaster stone had been an important supraregional business line.The plaster was needed especially in the capital München. The tinctures are those of Bayern. They are also referring to the close relationships to the Ettal Abbey.
Source: "Unser Bayern", appendix of Bayerische Staatszeitung, 1963, p.95
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2021

Banner and arms were approved on 12 November 1963 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2021

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