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![[Wertach town banner]](../images/d/de-oa-wr_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2020
It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2020
Shield Vert, a bend sinister Argent charged with three watermill's wheels Sable.
Meaning:
Wertach is known as a market town since 1423. The bend sinister is representing the namesake river, the wheels the three local watermills (Obere Mühle (upper mill), Untere Mühle (lower mill) and Reutemühle).
Source: Stadler 1968, p.95
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2020
Banner and arms were granted on 31 August 1872 by King Ludwig II of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2020
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