Wallerstein Market Town (Germany)

Markt Wallerstein, Landkreis Donau-Ries, Bayern

Last modified: 2021-05-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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Wallerstein Market Town

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It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Apr 2021

Wallerstein Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Gules a chevron reversed Argent, beneath Or a chevron Argent.
Meaning:
The oldest seal around 1567 displayed an angel holding the current arms in a Spanish shield. A coloured painting from 1811 displayed a misinterpretation of the robe's quilling as an initial "W".The arms are a variant of the family arms of the Counts of Oetiingen. Between 1818 and 1835 the town lost the right to bear proper arms.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.89
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Apr 2021

According to a reliable tradition without existing documents the arms were granted in 1567 by the Counts of Oettingen-Wallerstein.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Apr 2021

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