Rain Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Rain, Landkreis Straubing-Bogen, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-05-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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Rain Municipality

Rain Banner

It is a white-blue-white vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2022

Rain Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter barry of four Gules and Argent, at sinister Argent two bends Azure.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays the arms of the Leublfinger family, who owned the village between 1569 and 1783. The sinister half displays the arms of the Rainer family of Rain, whose ancestral seat had been in the village between 1282 and 1560.
Source: Hans Voggenreiter: "Die Gemeinden des Landkreises Straubing-Bogen", in: "Der Landkreis Straubing-Bogen", Straubing 1984, pp.87-89
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 15 May 1981 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Niederbayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2022

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