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'''OBERPFALZ''' | '''OBERPFALZ''' | ||
State : [[Bayern]] | State : [[Bayern]] | ||
[[File:oberpfalz.jpg|center]] | [[File:oberpfalz.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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|'''German''' | |||
| Gespalten durch eine aufsteigende und eingeschweifte rote Spitze, darin zwei schräg gekreuzte silberne Schlüssel; vorne in Schwarz ein linksgewendeter, rot bewehrter und rot gekrönter goldener Löwe, hinten die bayerischen Rauten. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms combine the arms of the Pfalz with the two crossed keys of the city and State of [[Regensburg]]. The arms of the Pfalz are a combination of the historical lion and the diamonds of the Wittelsbach family, Dukes of Bayern and Princes of the Pfalz. | The arms combine the arms of the Pfalz with the two crossed keys of the city and State of [[Regensburg]]. The arms of the Pfalz are a combination of the historical lion and the diamonds of the Wittelsbach family, Dukes of Bayern and Princes of the Pfalz. | ||
The arms of the Kreis Oberpfalz, which existed until 1945 were rather different: | The arms of the Kreis Oberpfalz, which existed until 1945 were rather different: | ||
[[File:oberpfal.amt.jpg|center]] | [[File:oberpfal.amt.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
These arms show a blue lion, the origin thereof I do not know. | These arms show a blue lion, the origin thereof I do not know. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and information taken from here : http://www.stmukwk.bayern.de/blz/bezirke/bezirke.html | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Image and information taken from here : http://www.stmukwk.bayern.de/blz/bezirke/bezirke.html | ||
[[Category:Germany (other)]] | [[Category:Germany (other)]] | ||
[[Category:Bayern]] | [[Category:Bayern]] |
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