Last modified: 2021-12-24 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: ried(bayern) | parted per pale | griffin-lion | stomp |
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image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Dec 2021
It is a white-blue-white vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2021
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent a griffin-lion rampant Gules, at sinister Azure a stomp Argent with sprouts of the same and six leaves.
Meaning:
The leaves are representing the former independent municipalities of Baindlkirch, Eismannsberg, Hörmannsberg, Ried proper, Sirchenried and Zillenberg. Ried ( = uprooting) and Sirchenried were established by forest clearance, symbolised by the stomp. The griffin-lion, a lion with a griffin's head, is the heraldic animal of the Welfen kin, which had been an important manorial lord in the area. The tinctures red and silver are those of the Chapter of Augsburg, to which Baindlkirch belonged since 1391. The area had been a fiefdom of the Benedictine Altomünster Abbey until 1803 and afterwards of the Dukes of Bayern. The tinctures blue and silver are those of both liege lords.
Source: "Der Landkreis Friedberg", Friedberg 1967, pp. 37,344,371,376
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2021
Banner and arms were approved on 25 March 1987 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Schwaben.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2021
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