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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Ahrweiler county flag]](../images/d/de-aw.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Jan 2010
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It is a green-white-black horizontal tricolour. The coat of arms is in the canton.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 1 Jan 2010
![[Ahrweiler county banner]](../images/d/de-aw_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Jan 2010
It is a green-white-black vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is in the canton.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 1 Jan 2010
Shield quartered; 1st quarter Argent parted by a cross Sable; 2nd quarter Or an eagle Sable, armed and tongued Gules; 3rd quarter Or a lion rampant Sable, armed and tongued Gules; 4th quarter Vert a bend wavy Argent.
Meaning:
The 1st quarter displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Köln, the 2nd quarter is alluding to the Holy Roman Empire and to the Counts of Are as well, who ruled their county including the Nürburg, a fortress, at least until 1200. The lion in the 3rd quarter is that one of the Counts of Jülich, who later had a great influence on the valley of the Ahr River. The 4th quarter displays the arms of the former Prussian Rheinprovinz, to which the area belonged until the end of WW2.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.11
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 29 September 1982. The arms were approved on 5 July 1927 by Prussian minister of state.
Jörg Majewski, 1 Jan 2010
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