Schierling Market Town (Germany)

Markt Schierling, Landkreis Regensburg, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-05-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2022

5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2022

• Schierling Market Town
• Schierling Banner
• Schierling Coat of Arms

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Schierling Market Town

Schierling Banner

It is a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top, either on a Spanish shield (see left image above) or an Renaissance shield (see right image above).
Sources: this online catalogue and this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2022

Schierling Coat of Arms

Shield Azure two mattocks Argent in saltire.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century and gained the status of a market town in 1953. The arms display the family arms of the Schirlinger kin without crest. They are known by seals of Heinrich Schirlinger (1308) and Wernhard Schirlinger (1350). The tinctures had been chosen due to the Petra Sancta code as given in Monumenta Boica vol. XV. They are also alluding to the Bavarian tinctures. The mattocks are also stressing the rural character of the town in the core area of Niederbayern.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.58
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2022

The banner has never been approved officially. The arms were confirmed on 15 June 1953 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2022

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