Ruhpolding Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Ruhpolding, Landkreis Traunstein, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-02-05 by klaus-michael schneider
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3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

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Ruhpolding Municipality

Ruhpolding Banner

It is a red-yellow-green vertical tricolour with coat of arms slightly shifted towards the top (see left image above) or without coat of arms (see right image above).
Sources: this photo and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

Ruhpolding Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms: Shield Gules a linden Or issuant from the central peak of a triplemount Vert in base, the trunk superimposed in centre by a fess wavy Argent and beneath by an inescutcheon Argent charged with an impending cross Gules charged with an axe Argent in pale hafted Or.
Meaning:
The triplemount is representing the former independent municipalities of Ruhpolding proper, Vachenau and Zell. The linden is representing the new enlarged municipality. The fess wavy is a representation of the Traun River. The cross is representing the stone crosses in front of the local chapel, dedicated to St. Valentin. Finally the axe is referring to a local court of justice.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.56
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 11 January 1921 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

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