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Neumarkt County (Germany)

Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern

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[Neumarkt County banner (Germany)] 5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 1 Oct 2001
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Neumarkt County Banner

Parts of Beilngries and Parsberg counties were annexed to this county in 1973, but the flag was re-used by the larger (present) county, confirmed on 8 October 1974.
Stefan Schwoon, 1 Oct 2001

Neumarkt County Banner

It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 1 Oct 2001

Neumarkt County Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter Sable a sinister facing lion rampant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules; at sinister Argent two lions passant Gules in pale.
Meaning:
The arms are a combination of the golden (= yellow) Palatine lion and the red lions of the Counts of Wolfstein. The Counts of the Palatinate had many estates in the county, whereas the Counts of Wolfstein were Lords of Sulzbürg and Pyrbaum.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.65
Santiago Dotor, 3 July 2003

Banner and arms were approved on approved 20 September 1962 and confirmed 8 October 1974
Stefan Schwoon, 1 Oct 2001

Parsberg County until 1972

Parsberg County Banner

[Parsberg County banner 1972 (Germany)] 5:2image by Stefan Schwoon, 10 Aug 2001

It was a white-red-yellow verical tricolour with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000
Stefan Schwoon, 10 Aug 2001

Parsberg County Coat of Arms

Shield parted by a pale wavy Argent; at dexter Sable a sinister facing lion rampant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules; at sinister Gules a lion rampant Argent, crowned, armed and tongued Or and upon his breast an inescutcheon parted per fess, above chequered of Argent and Sable, beneath Or.
Meaning:
The arms display in the right half the golden (= yellow) Palatine lion, as all parts of the county were acquired by the branch lines of the Wittelsbach kin since the 13th century. The silver lion with the inescutcheon is taken from the arms of Catholic General Johann Tserclaes Count of Tilly who during the 30-Years-War gained the Lordships of Helfenberg, Hohenfels and Breitenegg together with the privilege of direct imperial rule (Reichsunmittelbarkeit). The pale wavy is representing the small Black Laaber river.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.72
Santiago Dotor, 15 July 2003

Banner and arms were approved on 8 February 1960 and abolished 30 June 1972.
Stefan Schwoon, 1 Oct 2001

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