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'''GRAFENAU''' | '''GRAFENAU''' | ||
State : [[Bayern]]<br/> | State : [[Bayern]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Freyung-Grafenau]] (until 1973 [[Grafenau (kreis)|Grafenau]])<br> | District (Kreis) : [[Freyung-Grafenau]] (until 1973 [[Grafenau (kreis)|Grafenau]])<br> | ||
Additions : 1971 Rosenau; 1972 [[Großarmschlag]]; 1974 Neudorf; 1978 [[Haus im Wald]] (partly), [[Schlag]] | Additions: 1971 Rosenau; 1972 [[Großarmschlag]]; 1974 Neudorf; 1978 [[Haus im Wald]] (partly), [[Schlag]] | ||
[[File:grafenau.jpg|center]] | [[File:grafenau.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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Unter Schildhaupt mit den bayerischen Rauten in Gold über absteigender silberner Zinnenmauer wachsend ein rot gezungter, schwarzer Bär. | |+Official blazon | ||
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| Unter Schildhaupt mit den bayerischen Rauten in Gold über absteigender silberner Zinnenmauer wachsend ein rot gezungter, schwarzer Bär. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Grafenau became a city in 1376. The arms were granted in 1508 by Duke Friedrich van Pfalz-Neuburg. | Grafenau became a city in 1376. The arms were granted in 1508 by Duke Friedrich van Pfalz-Neuburg. | ||
The upper part shows the diamonds of the Wittelsbach dynasty, from which the Duke descended. The lower part shows a city wall as a symbol for the city rights, whereas the bear is taken from the arms of the historical Lordship Bärnstein, in which the city was situated. The arms have thus never changed since. | The upper part shows the diamonds of the Wittelsbach dynasty, from which the Duke descended. The lower part shows a city wall as a symbol for the city rights, whereas the bear is taken from the arms of the historical Lordship Bärnstein, in which the city was situated. The arms have thus never changed since. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
| | File:Grafenau1880.jpg|alt=Wappen von Grafenau/Arms (crest) of Grafenau|The arms by Apian (1559) | ||
File:Grafenau (Niederbayern)1530.jpg|alt=Wappen von Grafenau/Arms (crest) of Grafenau|The arms in a manuscript +/- 1530 | |||
File:Grafenau (Niederbayern)1599.jpg|alt=Wappen von Grafenau/Arms (crest) of Grafenau|The arms in a [https://dl.wdl.org/8930/service/8930.pdf manuscript from 1599] | |||
File:Grafenau (Niederbayern)16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Grafenau/Arms (crest) of Grafenau|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Grafenau (Niederbayern)1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Grafenau/Arms (crest) of Grafenau|The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | |||
File:grafenau.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Grafenau/Arms (crest) of Grafenau|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:Grafenau.pan.jpg|alt=Wappen von Grafenau/Arms (crest) of Grafenau|The arms in an [[Panorama Bilderdienst|album]] from 1968 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities G]] | [[Category:German Municipalities G]] | ||