Regen

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REGEN

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Regen
Additions : 1917 Heilig-Geist; 1962 Bärndorf; 1964 Rinchnachmündt (partly), Weißenstein; 1972 Gemeinde Oberneumais; 1978 March, Rinchnachmündt

Official blazon
German	In Blau unter einem von Rot, Gold und Blau gestreiften Regenbogen eine silberne heraldische Lilie mit goldenen Staubfäden.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on July 16, 1448 by Duke Albrecht III of Bayern. As the document still exists, the colours are known. The arms showed a five-coloured canting rainbow (Regen=rain), above the old village sign, the fleur-de-lis. In some later arms the rainbow was omitted, but generally the arms have not changed much. The rainbow was reduced to three colours in the last century.