Schwarzenfeld Market Town (Germany)

Markt Schwarzenfeld, Landkreis Schwandorf, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-08-20 by klaus-michael schneider
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Schwarzenfeld Market Town

Schwarzenfeld Banner

It is a yellow-black-white vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2022

Schwarzenfeld Coat of Arms

Shield parted by a fess wavy Argent, above Sable a wooden throughout bridge Or including a little customs house of the same, beneath Azure a carp Argent.
Meaning:
The fess wavy is representing the Naab River, the bridge the location alongside the road between Prag and Mannheim via Nürnberg. Breeding of carps, especially mirror carps, had been an important local business line since the 19th century. The tinctures silver and blue are taken from the family arms of the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg, former local rulers.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.63
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 28 November 1963 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2022

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