Bruck in der Oberpfalz
BRUCK IN DER OBERPFALZ
State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Schwandorf (until 1973 Roding)
Additions : 1946 Mappach, Mögendorf, Vorderthürn; 1971 Schöngras, Sollbach
| German | In Blau über silbernen Wellen eine goldene Holzbrücke, auf der ein rot gekrönter und rot bewehrter goldener Löwe schreitet. |
| English | blazon wanted |
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 by Apian (1559)
The municipal stamp shown in 1892
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp 1920s