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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2020
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2020
Shield Argent with base Gules, issuant from base a farmer, dressed by trousers and hat Sable and jacket Maron, holding a scythe Sable in pale bladed Azure.
Meaning:
In 1836 the town applied for proper arms. Proposed was a farmer in front of a landscape. But the Bavarian king insisted on arms of a "design due to heraldic rules" and simplified the draft. The farmer originally wore the local traditional costume, but Otto Hupp (1925) displayed the costume in Franconian style.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.93
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2020
The arms were granted on 2 March 1838 by King Ludwig I of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2020
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