Miltenberg (district) - Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

The district's coat of arms might be described thus: Gules a pallet wavy argent, dexter a wheel spoked of six of the same, sinister dancetty of three of the first and second, a chief bendy lozengy argent and azure.

The coat of arms displays:
  • the blue and silver tilted diamond pattern ("bendy lozengy") of Bavaria's flag in the chief (band at the top)
  • a silver wheel, the Wheel of Mainz, symbolising the Archbishopric of Mainz
  • a wavy pallet (narrow vertical stripe), symbolising the Main
  • three silver points over a red field, the "Franconian Rake", symbolising the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg

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