Last modified: 2022-04-23 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: hirschbach(oberpfalz) | crescent | lion(head) | barrulet(yellow) |
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Apr 2022
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Apr 2022
![[Hirschbach (Oberpfalz) municipal flag]](../images/d/de-as-hb.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Apr 2022
It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour with centred coat of arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Apr 2022
Shield parted per pale; at dexter parted per fess by a barrulet Or, above Azure a waxing crescent or with face, beneath Sable a lion’s head Or crowned and tongued Gules; at sinister parted per pale of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The crescent is taken from the arms of the Meindl kin. The family owned the Hirschbach Estate since 1584. In 1590 Georg Meindl built a paper mill, which was in operation until 1874. The lion’s head is a differentiation of the Palatine lion and is alluding to the fact that the Wittelsbach kin ruled the area until 1505, when it was divided between the newly established Principality of Pfalz-Neuburg and the Free Imperial City of Nürnberg. The sinister half is derived from the family arms of the Breitenstein kin, who ruled the Eschenfelden district (Bavarian: Hofmark) between 1314 and 1644. The former municipalities of Eschenfelden and Achtel merged with Hirschbach in 1972.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Apr 2022
Flag, banner and arms were adopted on 17 November 1998 by the local council.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Apr 2022
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