Freilassing

FREILASSING Country : Germany State : Bayern District (Kreis) : Berchtesgadener Land (until 1973 Laufen) Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":47.83619999999999805595507496036589145660400390625,"lon":12.9766999999999992354560163221322000026702880859375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In Rot auf grünem Boden ein weißes Pferd, das über ein goldenes Salzfass springt.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1936 and show in the lower half a salt bucket. Salt transport and mining was locally very important and the old name of the municipality was Salzburghofen (Salz=salt).

The bucket is also a symbol for St. Rupert, the area historically belonged to the so-called Rupertiwinkel, a part of the State of Salzburg.
The horse is a symbol of freedom and a canting symbol (the name can be translated as freed).

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  Postal cancellation

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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