Bärnau City (Germany)

Stadt Bärnau, Landkreis Tirschenreuth, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-07-02 by klaus-michael schneider
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5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 June 2022

5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 June 2022

5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 June 2022

• Bärnau City
• Bärnau Banner
• Bärnau Coat of Arms

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Bärnau City

Bärnau Banner

It is a white-green vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted towards the top (see left image above) or centred (see central image above) or without coat of arms (see right image above).
Sources: this photo and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2022

Bärnau Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, on ground Vert a bear statant Sable, fixed by a neckband Gules an inescutcheon in bend; 1st and 4th quarter Sable a lion rampant Or crowned and armed Gules, 2nd and 3r d quarter lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The first city seal is known by prints since 1405. It already displayed, like any later seals, the canting bear (German: Bär) on a meadow (German:Au). The inescutcheon displays the arms of the Wittelsbach kin, the local rulers. The 1st seal had a circumscription "Bernovia servat comitatui fidem palatino" (Bärnau serves the Palatine County with faithfulness). In 1568 the bear had been brown on a golden background. In 1819 the inescutcheon was omitted and the background tincture turned to blue. The oldest version was restored by Otto Hupp.
Source: Stadler 1965 p.26
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2022

Banner, probably plain, and arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2022

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