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Passau County (Germany)

Kreis Passau, Niederbayern District, Bavaria

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[Passau County banner (Germany)] 5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 27 Sep 2001
approved 17 September 1991
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Passau County

Passau county was united during the 1972 municipal reform with Griesbach, Wegscheid and parts of Vilshofen county. Red-white-blue stripes. Coat of arms approved 27 June 1974, flag approved 17 September 1991. Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Linder and Olzog 1996.

Stefan Schwoon, 13 July and 27 September 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:
"The new arms were granted on June 27, 1974. The panther in the new arms is taken from the old arms of Griesbach and Vilshofen. The wolf for Passau and the lozenges for Bavaria were continued in the new arms."
Literature: [presumably Linder and Olzog 1996].
Santiago Dotor, 10 December 2003

County Banner until 1972

[Passau County banner 1972 (Germany)] 5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 27 Sep 2001
approved 22 March 1963

Red-white-blue. The county was united during the 1972 municipal reform with Griesbach, Wegscheid and parts of Vilshofen county. Sources: Linder and Schmidt 2000, arms image from Stadler 1964-1972.

Stefan Schwoon, 13 July 2001

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:
"The old arms were granted in 1968. The arms show in the upper part the lozenges of Bavaria, as the county became a part of Bavaria in 1803. Before, it belonged to the Passau Abbey and this is symbolised by the wolf of Passau. The three waves symbolise the three rivers in the county, the Donau (Danube), Inn and Ilz.."
Source: Stadler 1964-1972.
Santiago Dotor, 19 June 2003

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