Last modified: 2022-08-01 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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image by Jörg Majewski, 28 July 2022
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
Shield Gules an embattled wall Argent charged with an inescutcheon Gules charged with a comb Argent between two embattled towers of the same with port and windows Sable, chief lozengy of Argent and Azure charged with two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire.
Meaning:
The building and the comb already appeared on the first local seals from the late 13th century and from 1315. Above the shield had been a helmet crested first by a wing, later by a branch of linden leafs. The former had been the crest of the Margraves of Cham-Vohburg, the latter that one of the Wittelsbach kin. The comb (German: Kamm, pronounced like the name of the city) is punning. Minor seals from the 18th century displayed the comb alone since the 16th century. The chief was granted by King Max I Joseph of Bayern in 1809. During the 19th century the basic tincture had often been black instead of red.
Source: Stadler 1965, p.37
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
The colours of the banner are traditional. Banner and arms were confirmed on 8 November 1985 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Oberpfalz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2022
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