The arms and flags of the Landkreis Erding (Upper Bavaria)
former municipality
Flag Use Literature Image sources Links
Azure, a fleur-de-lis and a latin cross Argent, both gorged with a crown Or, on a base Argent two water lily leaves slipped in saltire Vert.

Hohenpolding
Azure, a fleur-de-lis and a latin cross Argent, both gorged with a crown Or, on a base Argent two water lily leaves slipped in saltire Vert.

Preliminary remarks:

During the municipal reform the municipalities Sulding and Hohenpolding have joined in 1978 to form the municipality Hohenpolding. None of the two former municipalities had used own municipal arms.

 

Foundation of the arms:

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The district government of Upper Bavaria approved the adoption of the arms on February 8th 1983.

 

Design of the arms:

Theodor Goerge, Freising.

 

Image sources:

Lily as a symbol for Virgin Mary.

Cross as a symbol for the patrocinium of Sulding.

Coat-of-arms of the cloister Frauenchiemsee.

 

Literature:

Erdinger Anzeiger/Dorfener Anzeiger (Unabhängige Heimatzeitung für den Landkreis Erding), 27.04.1983.
Erdinger Neueste Nachrichten (Lokalteil der Süddeutschen Zeitung), 24.01.1994.

 

Links:

Homepage of the municipality Hohenpolding

Former municipality:

The former municipality
Sulding
did not use own arms.

This webpage was last modified 2001-07-14 by Marcus Schmöger

Email: marcus@ed-wappen.de