The grant of arms was issued on 5 May 1435. Duke Henry XVI of Bavaria-Landshut granted Ried a coat of arms in two parts. The white and blue diamonds symbolise Bavarian sovereignty. The peasant’s boot recalls the heroic deed by the town’s founder according to legend, Dietmar der Anhanger. 

Besieging Jerusalem, the Bavarians lost their standard in the fighting. Dietmar had a brilliant idea – he attached a peasant’s boot to his lance. And so the Holy City was conquered under the banner of the peasant’s boot. 

Unfortunately, this is an imaginary story. The siege never took place. Despite that, the inhabitants of Ried remain proud of their founder, Dietmar.

The market town of Ried was granted the rights of a Bavarian Duchy town around 600 years ago. However, Ried was only granted its official town charter on 20 November 1857. In May 1858, the municipal council submitted a proposed coat of arms divided into horizontal and vertical segments. To the market coat of arms with its blue and white diamonds and the peasant’s boot a branch with three leaves was added. This is the crest of Dietmar der Anhanger. The fourth field was initially left blank. The city fathers wanted to place the imperial eagle there, either in black on a yellow ground or in yellow on a black ground.

Two years after the granting of its charter, Ried finally received the document with the new coat of arms on 16 May 1859. It shows a shield quartered diagonally with diamonds, the peasant’s boot and the branch. The imperial double-headed eagle is at the top, in the heraldically correct black on a yellow ground. The shield is surrounded by a golden arabesque frame.