Raitenbuch (Franken)

RAITENBUCH (FRANKEN)

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen (until 1973 Weissenburg)
Additions : 1972 Bechthal, Reuth am Wald

Official blazon
German	Schräg geteilt von Rot und Silber; oben ein wachsender silberner Bischofsstab, unten ein schräges grünes Buchenblatt.
English	blazon wanted

The arms were officially granted on October 21, 1966.

The arms show a crosier for the Diocese and State of Eichstätt, to which the area historically belonged. The beech (Buche) leaf is a canting element.

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