Mauth Municipality (Germany) (original) (raw)


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Gemeinde Mauth, Landkreis Freyung-Grafenau, Bayern

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Mauth Municipality

Mauth Banner

It is a yellow-black-white vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 July 2022

Mauth Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter barry of four of Argent and Azure, at sinister Gules, over all issuant from base a triplemount Or charged with a halberd issuant Sable.
Meaning:
The golden triplemount is reminding on the so called golden path, a road between Passau and Böhmen (Bohemia), where salt had been transported. The local tollgate (German: Mautstelle) was name giver of the village (1699). The halberd is also alluding to the tollgate. Above the mount are the personal arms of Passau´s Bishop Count of Lamberg, who caused the local peopling by forest clearance in the late 17th century.
Source: "Unser Bayern", appendix of "Bayerische Staatszeitung", 1966, p. 16
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 July 2022

Banner and arms were approved on 13 December 1965 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 July 2022

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