Last modified: 2021-04-03 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
Shield Or, on a mount issuant Vert a man statant, dressesd and capped Sable, with embroideries and shoes Gules, holding a mattock Argent hafted Sable by his right hand and an eradicated seedling Vert by his left hand.
Meaning:
The Reinhardsbrunn Monastrery tried to establish a market in 1209. The town gained city rights in 1597. The pattern appeared on a local seal from 1645, is however probably older. The ensemble with farmer and mattock (German: Rodehacke) is considered to be canting.
Source: Blaschke et alii 1979, p.138
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
The arms were confirmed on 3 April 1951
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2021
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