Kastl Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Kastl, Landkreis Tirschenreuth, Bayern

Last modified: 2022-07-02 by klaus-michael schneider
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Kastl Municipality

Kastl Banner

It is a red-white-blue vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2022

Kastl Coat of Arms

Shield Gules an inescutcheon Argent charged with a fess Azure and flanked by two dragon wings Argent, chief Argent two wheel crosses Gules connected by a horizontal beam of the same.
Meaning:
The chief is referring to a pair of tombstones from the late High Medieval, one on the graveyard of Kastl and the other in Wolframhof Castle. Both display the rare pattern displayed in chief. The inescutcheon displays the arms of the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg, who ruled the area around Kastl and Unterbruck, incorporated into Kastl in 1972, during the High Medieval. The wings are attributes of St. Margaret, the local patron saint.
Source: Source: "Oberpfälzer Wappenbuch. Öffentliche Wappen der Oberpfalz," Regensburg 1991, pp.176-177
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 2 July 1982 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberpfalz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 June 2022

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