Bruck in der Oberpfalz

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)

BRUCK IN DER OBERPFALZ

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Schwandorf (until 1973 Roding)
Additions : 1946 Mappach, Mögendorf, Vorderthürn; 1971 Schöngras, Sollbach

Official blazon

In Blau über silbernen Wellen eine goldene Holzbrücke, auf der ein rot gekrönter und rot bewehrter goldener Löwe schreitet.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on

The oldest known seal for the town dates from 1508 and already shows a lion on a bridge. The bridge (Brücke) is a canting element, the lion is the lion if the Pfalz, in which the town is situated. All later seals and images have shown the same composition, but the lion has sometimes been shown without crown (as shown below by Hupp from the 1920s) and the colours have differed widely during the centuries.

The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp 1920s