Reut Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Reut, Landkreis Rottal-Inn, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-02-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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Reut Municipality

Reut Banner

It is a blue-yellow bicolour vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2022

Reut Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a lance with pennant and a crozier in saltire both Or, over all a mattock in pale of the same.
Meaning:
Reut was established by a merger of Reut proper, Taubenbach and Randling on 1 April 1971. The mattock, a tool used for forest clearance (Bavarian: Reute) is canting, as the village was established by clearance in the Medieval. The crozier is an attribute of St. Alban of Mainz, patron saint of the church of Taubenbach, which is of great cultural importance. Lance and pennant are attributes of St. Castulus, patron saint of the church of Ebermanning, which belonged to Randling Municipality.
Source: Erich Eder et alii: "Die Kommunalwappen des Landkreises Rottal-Inn und benachbarter Gebiete - Heimatkundliche Schriftenreihe des Landkreises Rottal-Inn", vol 6, Pfarrkirchen 1980, p.21
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 24 May 1977 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Niederbayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2022

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