Friedberg City (Germany)

Stadt Friedberg, seat of Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Friedberg City

Banner:
It is a white-black vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
inhabitants 27,142
Wetterau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved 1966 and 1979
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 5 June 2006

Variant with Inscription

Banner#2:
It is a white-black vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top. The shield is topped bya yellow unserifed inscription "Kreisstadt"(1st line) "Friedberg /Hessen"(2nd line).
Jörg Majewski, 5 June 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Or; a double-headed eagle Sable, armed and tongued Gules, having an inescutcheon parted per fess Argent and Sable upon his breast.
Meaning:
Friedberg was already a city in the 12th or early 13th century. Before 1245 castle and city of Friedberg used a common seal the Imperial (single-headed) eagle is displayed, standing on a canting mount (German: Berg). In the oldest proper city seal from 1220 the eagle was single-headed and became double-headed without crown around 1328,. The inescutcheon was added in the beginning of the 16th century and since the 17th century also in local seals. Its origin is not clear, but it is probably derived from the arms of the Burgraves of Friedberg. The mountain disappeared around the same time. The arms have not change since then. Siebmacher (1605) erroneously displayed an inescutcheon charged with a tower. In the 20th century the arms were simplified and attributes of the Imperial eagle were omitted.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.35
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2017

Ockstadt Borough

Banner:
It is a black-yellow-black vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The red stripes are divided by a vertical thin yellow stripe. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
incorporated on 31 December 1971
Wetterau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved on 24 June 1964
banner unofficial, used for traditional purposes only
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 7 June 2006

Ockstadt Coat of Arms

Shield parted per bend sinister, above right Or an axe's blade Gules in bend sinister, beneath Sable three cherry blossoms Argent seeded Or.
Meaning:
In 1956 arms had been proposed as follows: shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent three bars Sable, at sinister Gules an axe's blade Argent. The blade is the old village sign, which has been used on boundary stones since the 17th century. It is most likely derived from the arms of the Lords of Frankenstein, who used the same symbol in their arms. The black bars are derived from the oldest known arms of the Lords of Ockstadt (1280-1462). The current arms were approved on 24 June 1964
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA and Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2017

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