Geiersthal

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GEIERSTHAL

State : Bayern
District (Kreis) : Regen (until 1973 Viechtach)

Official blazon

(de) In Silber auf rotem Dreiberg stehend eine gestürzte eingeschweifte rote Spitze, darin ein golden bewehrter silberner Geier.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 13, 1951.

The arms are partly canting, showing a vulture (Geier) in a V-shaped valley (Tal). The point on the triple hill was already used from 1444 by the Aldersbach Abbey to which the village church belonged until 1803.