Weiden in der Oberpfalz

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WEIDEN IN DER OBERPFALZ

State : Bayern
Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) : Weiden
Additions: 1914 Moosbürg; 1915 Edeldorf (partly); 1972 Frauenricht, Muglhof, Neunkirchen bei Weiden; 1978 Rothenstadt

Official blazon

(de) Geteilt und oben gespalten; vorne in Schwarz ein rot gekrönter, rot bewehrter goldener Löwe, hinten die bayerischen Rauten; unten in Rot auf grünem Dreiberg eine grüne Weide.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 25, 1510 from Prince Ludwig of the Pfalz.

Previously the city only used a seal with the canting willow (Weide). The new arms combined the tree with the lion of the Pfalz, and the diamonds of the Wittelsbach dynasty, Princes of the Pfalz. All later seals and arms show the same composition, the colours of the lower half, however, were often shown as green in silver, as shown by Hupp in the 1920s, see below.