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![[Mengkofen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-df-me_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 June 2022
It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 June 2022
Shield Or a bear paw Sable armed Gules.
Meaning:
The arms display the family arms of the Mengkofen kin, commissionaires of the Wittelsbach kin. The family owned large estates all over Niederbayern. The arms are known by seals since the beginning of the 14th century.
Source: Klemens Stadler: "Die Wappen der niederbayerischen Landkreise und Gemeinden", Landshut 1960, pp.51,106
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 June 2022
The banner probably is used without approval. The arms were approved on 4 march 1939 by governor (Reichsstatthalter) of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 June 2022
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