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![[Braunau am Inn]](../images/a/at-o-bra.gif)
by M. Schmöger
| Name of municipality: | Braunau am Inn |
| Status: | Stadtgemeinde (town) |
| Land (state): | Oberösterreich (Upper Austria) |
| Bezirk (district): | Braunau am Inn |
| Description of arms (German): | In Silber oben nebeneinander zwei freischwebende Schildchen, im rechten in Schwarz ein goldener, rot bekrönter und gewaffneter, aufgerichteter Löwe, das linke von Silber und Blau schrägrechts gerautet; unten zwei grüne, doppelt verschlungene Zweige, der rechte mit Lindenblättern, der linke mit Dolden besetzt. |
| Blazoning of arms (English): | Argent, over two doubly entwined twigs Vert, the dexter one with linden leaves, the sinister one with umbels, two escutcheons: the dexter one Sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned Gules, the sinister one bendy lozengy of Argent and Azure. |
| Adoption date of arms: | 1331 (first seal imprint); 1960 (readoption of the original arms) |
| Description of flag: | two stripes, green-white, with or without coat-of-arms |
| Adoption date of flag: | 18 July 1960 |
M. Schmöger, 3 October 2003
Recently I got a little guide about the main church at Braunau (Upper
Austria). The title shows a photo (presumably around 1970) with several flags interesting enough to share it with
you. At the church: three hanging flags of approx. proportion 5:1 or 6:1, from left
Upper Austria (white-red), Catholic church flag
(yellow-white), Braunau (green-white without arms).
M. Schmöger, 2 June 2004
According to my dictionary "Dolden" are "umbels". The historical account of the
arms in [bmt96] does not comment on the significance of these. As far as I see, however, the original
arms (seal actually, late 13th century) just showed entwined twigs, and the differentiation into one
with leaves and the other one with umbels, is probably only a later (17th/18th century ?) artistic rendition.
M. Schmöger, 6 October 2003
Those two inescutcheons look like the Palatinate and Bavarian arms -- are they? I guess Braunau lies within the so-called Innviertel which was
Bavarian until 1779 and then 1809-1814.
Santiago Dotor, 7 October 2003