Schönwald

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SCHÖNWALD

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Wunsiedel (until 1973 Rehau)
Additions : 1978 Lauterbach, Vielitz

Official blazon
German	Unter von Silber und Schwarz geviertem Schildhaupt in Silber auf grünem Dreiberg nebeneinander stehend drei grüne Nadelbäume.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on Februiary 12, 1938.

The chief shows the arms of the Hohenzollern family, as they (as Margraves of Nürnberg) acquired the estate and village of Schönwald in 1412. The lower half, three pine trees, is canting, the name means 'beautiful forest'.

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.