Last modified: 2023-06-24 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Altenkirchen county flag]](../images/d/de-ak.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2009
It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2009
![[Altenkirchen county banner]](../images/d/de-ak_.gif)
2:1 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with centred arms. Banner and flag only differ in ratio.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
Shield Argent a cross facetted of Gules and Sable; mantled, at dexter Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or armed and tongued Azure, at sinister Or a milrind Sable.
Meaning:
The lion displays the family arms of the Counts of Sayn. The milrind is taken from the arms of the Lords of Wildenburg and their successors the Barons of Hatzfeld. The cross is a combination of the black cross of the Archbishopric of Köln and the red cross of the Archbishopric of Trier. They all except the lords, who died out in 1418, ruled parts of the current county until 1803, when the region was occupied by France.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 8 March 1990. The arms were approved on 11 December 1967.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2009
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