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The arms already appear in the oldest known seal of the town, dating from around 1330. The arms were officially granted in 1955 and show the panther of the Lords of Kraiburg-Ortenburg, from the Spanheim dynasty. The panther is the symbol for the Spanheim families. The diamonds are the arms of Bayern, as the Wittelsbach family, Dukes of Bayern, succeeded the Lords of Kraiburg-Ortenburg as rulers over the city. | The arms already appear in the oldest known seal of the town, dating from around 1330. The arms were officially granted in 1955 and show the panther of the Lords of Kraiburg-Ortenburg, from the Spanheim dynasty. The panther is the symbol for the Spanheim families. The diamonds are the arms of Bayern, as the Wittelsbach family, Dukes of Bayern, succeeded the Lords of Kraiburg-Ortenburg as rulers over the city. | ||
From around 1500 until 1955 the city used different arms, showing the arms of Bayern, with a silver bend, on which is placed a | From around 1500 until 1955 the city used different arms, showing the arms of Bayern, with a silver bend, on which is placed a canting beaver (the name can be translated as: beaver bourough on the Vils) | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1599.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [https://dl.wdl.org/8930/service/8930.pdf manuscript from 1599]] | |||
|align="center"|[[File:vilsbiburg.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |align="center"|[[File:vilsbiburg.hagd.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
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[[Category:German Municipalities V]] | [[Category:German Municipalities V]] | ||
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[[Category:Landshut]] | [[Category:Landshut]] | ||
[[Category:Vilsbiburg]] | [[Category:Vilsbiburg]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1955]] | [[Category:Granted 1955]] | ||
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VILSBIBURG
State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Landshut (until 1973 Vilsbiburg)
Additions : 1978 Frauensattling, Gaindorf, Haarbach, Neufraunhofen (partly), Seyboldsdorf, Wolferding (partly)
Official blazon
- (de) Gespalten; vorne in Silber ein steigender, Feuer speiender, golden bewehrter roter Panter; hinten die bayerischen Rauten.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on February 18, 1955, but date from medieval times.
The arms already appear in the oldest known seal of the town, dating from around 1330. The arms were officially granted in 1955 and show the panther of the Lords of Kraiburg-Ortenburg, from the Spanheim dynasty. The panther is the symbol for the Spanheim families. The diamonds are the arms of Bayern, as the Wittelsbach family, Dukes of Bayern, succeeded the Lords of Kraiburg-Ortenburg as rulers over the city.
From around 1500 until 1955 the city used different arms, showing the arms of Bayern, with a silver bend, on which is placed a canting beaver (the name can be translated as: beaver bourough on the Vils)
 The arms in a manuscript from 1599] |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
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Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s