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Reit in the Corner Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Reit im Winkl, Landkreis Traunstein, Bayern

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

Reit in the Corner Municipality

Reit Banner
Reit Coat of Arms

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Traunstein County (Landkreis Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany)
County and Municipal Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern)
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Reit in the Corner Municipality

Reit Banner

It is either a blue-white-green vertical tricolour with coat of arms shifted towards the top (see left image above) or without coat of arms (see right image above) or a blue-white-green horizontal tricolour (see central image above) with coat of arms in centre of the white stripe.
Sources: this photo, this photo and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

Reit Coat of Arms

Shield Or chapé Vert, in base an eagle Sable armed and tongued Gules, in dexter chief a branch raguly Argent in bend sinister flamed Gules, in sinister chief a mattock Azure in bend hafted Argent.
Meaning:
If you prefer, the arms can be described also as parted per chevron embowed, which here is canting and symbolising a nook or corner (German: Winkel). The eagle is referring to the Bishopric of Chiemsee. Reit belonged to its parish from 1245 until 1804. The burning branch and the mattock are also canting, referring to forest clearance in the Medieval and to the name Reit, which means forest clearance. The first arms displayed a white memorial chapel in a blue shield. They were approved in 1929.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.49
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

The banner was approved 9 November 1953 and the arms were approved on 27 October 1950, both by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2022

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