Pfaffenhofen County (Oberbayern District, Bavaria, Germany)

Landkreis Pfaffenhofen

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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5:2 by Stefan Schwoon Flag and coat-of-arms adopted 18th April 1963, confirmed 4th July 1974

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• Oberbayern District (Bezirk Oberbayern, Upper Bavaria)
• County Flags (Bavaria / Bayern, Germany)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

Yellow-green, adopted 18.04.1963. Flag and arms remained the same after the 1972 municipal reform. Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Stadler 1964-1972.

Stefan Schwoon, 10 July 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

The arms were granted on April 18, 1963 and confirmed on July 4, 1974.

The arms show in the sinister half a branch of hops, as hops culturing is of great importance in the district. The dexter half combines the lozenges of the Wittelsbach family (and Bavaria) with a symbol for the Benedictine monastery at Scheyern. In the early 12th century the Wittelsbach family were Counts of Scheyern and turned their ancestral castle into a monastery in 1118.

Literature: Stadler 1964-1971.

Santiago Dotor, 12 July 2003