Pöcking

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PÖCKING

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Starnberg
Additions : 1972 Aschering; 1978 Maising

Official blazon

(de) Über blauem Wellenschildfuß in Silber eine auffliegende, golden bewehrte rote Eule.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on February 20, 1980.

The arms show an owl, taken from the arms of the Herwart von Hohenburg zu Possenhofen und Pöcking, Lords from 1595-1668. The red ans silver colours are those of the Rosenbusch family and the Counts of La Rosé, Lords of Pöcking in the 16th and 19^th century respectively.