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![[Regensburg county banner (Germany)]](../images/d/de-rr_.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 1 Oct 2001
It is a white-blue-white vertical triband with arms shifted to top. It remained in use after the 1972 municipal reform, in which parts of Parsberg County and Burglengenfeld County were added.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000,
Stefan Schwoon,1 Oct 2001
Shield parted per fess, at dexter Gules a bend Argent, at sinister Argent parted by a cross patty Gules, chief lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The chief displays the lozenges of Bayern as several court districts (Stadtamhof, Haidau, Pfatter and parts of Kelheim and Mitterfels) had been possessions of the Dukes of Bayern for centuries. The bend in the lower dexter half shows the arms of the Bishopric of Regensburg, which also held the districts of Wörth and Donaustauf. The cross is representing the Benedictine Prüfening Monastery, the largest of the many former monasteries in the district, which also owned estates.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.75
Santiago Dotor, 4 July 2003
The banner was approved on 19 September 1969 by Minister of Interior of Bayern. The coat of arms was approved on 17 September 1963 by Minister of Interior of Bayern. Both were confirmed on 26 September 1972 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberpfalz.
Santiago Dotor, 4 July 2003
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