Wehringen Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Wehringen, Landkreis Augsburg, Bayern

Last modified: 2020-10-31 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2020

Wehringen Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a reversed equilateral triangle Argent with two dents pointing inwards from the top edge, in chief a mitre Or with scarves of the same.
Meaning:
The triangle is probably a local symbol. Bishop Clemens Wenzelslaus of Augsburg (1739 - 1812) invited all municipalities alongside the Hochstraße (English: Highway), to mark their properties, among those boundary stones and boundary-posts, fences and public equipment, by local symbols. The current tinctures red and white and the mitre are stressing the close relationships to the Bishopric of Augsburg.
Source: Klemens Stadler and Friedrich Zollhoefer: "Wappen der schwäbischen Gemeinden", Kempten 1952, pp.101, 229
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2020

The original arms were granted on 29 September 1837 by King Ludwig I of Bayern, the current arms were approved on 21 February 1986 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Schwaben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2020

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