Last modified: 2022-03-05 by rob raeside
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The flag was changed to its mirror image in 2003 so that the figures face the
hoist.
Sources:
- City home page with current coat of arms:
https://www.steinamrhein.ch/portraet/zahlen-fakten.html/27
- German
Wikipedia article about the change of the coat of arms:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stein_am_Rhein#%C3%84nderung_des_Wappens
Trivia: Our "city"'s custom manhole covers with the local coat of arms were
manufactured before 2003 and are therefore probably the only "illegal" manhole
covers in the world ;-)
Marcel Waldvogel, 28 February 2022
Gules St. George killing the dragon proper.
or
Gules St. George armoured Azure mulleted, haired and haloed Or riding a Horse Argent to sinister holding in sinister an escutcheon Argent cross Gules and in dexter a lance Or killing a Dragon Vert.
Željko Heimer, 17 January 2001