A number of coats of arms can be seen today on the town hall.

On the Main Square side, the row starts on the left with the Bavarian diamonds. This is the coat of arms of the Earls of Bogen. It indicates the 600 years Innviertel spent as part of Bavaria.

The second coat of arms is the coat of arms of Ried market from 1435, with the peasant’s boot and the Bavarian diamonds.

The third coat of arms is that of Burghausen. Burghausen was the headquarters of the responsible stewardship, the financial authority in the Middle Ages.

The fourth coat of arms is for Landshut, the seat of the Dukes of Bavaria. Landshut has been twinned with Ried since 1974.

On the Rathausgasse side is the Babenberg coat of arms. This indicates the short period Innviertel spent as part of Austria when Frederick the Quarrelsome married Agnes of Merania of the House of Andechs.

It is followed by the Habsburg coat of arms with the initial letters of Emperor Frederick III’s election slogan, A. E. I. O. U., which – according to one of several interpretations – stands for Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan, or “the whole earth is subject to Austria”.

Finally, we have the current national coat of arms of Austria.

In 1859, two years after being granted its charter, Ried was awarded a municipal coat of arms. It can be found next to the coat of arms for Upper Austria on the corner cartouche of the town hall.

The municipal coat of arms is divided into four. The upper quadrant shows the imperial double eagle and symbolises the town’s affiliation with Austria.

The lower quadrant with the Bavarian diamonds recalls its affiliation with Bavaria.

In the left quadrant is the peasant’s boot from the story about Dietmar and the town’s foundation.

The right quadrant shows the crest of Dietmar der Anhanger, a branch with three leaves.