Last modified: 2023-04-29 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[Bad Kreuznach city flag]](../images/d/de-kh-kh.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 23 June 2009
It is a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: city administration in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 June 2009
![[Bad Kreuznach city banner]](../images/d/de-kh-kh_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 June 2009
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: city administration in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 June 2009
Shield Argent parted by a fess chequered of Or and Azure, flanked by three crosses patty Sable ordered 2:1, topped by a mural crown Or with three visible towers
Meaning:
The first city seal from the 2nd half of the 13th century displayed a silhouette with a church. The first secret seal from the 14th century and a later seal of lay judges both displayed a chequered cross. The current pattern was used first on an architectural sculpture on the façade of the town hall, made in the 15th century. The cross (German: Kreuz) is a canting element. The chequered fess displays the arms of the Hither Counts of Sponheim. The counts granted city rights in the 13th century. The city had been their ancestral seat until 1437. Today the city is seat of the namesake county. The mural crown is stressing the status of a city. The flag colours are also alluding to the counts, but yellow was replaced by white.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.15
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2023
Flag and banner are traditional. The arms were confirmed in by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Preußen.
Jörg Majewski, 23 June 2009
![[Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg borough flag]](../images/d/de-kh-kh-bm_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 27 June 2009
It was a black-white-red vertical tricolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 June 2009
Shield Argent an embattled tower issuant Gules, mantled Sable, at dexter charged with five plates in quincunx, at sinister with a lion rampant Argent, crowned and armed Or and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The plates display the arms of the Lords of Sickingen, to whom Ebernburg historically belonged. The tower is a representation of the local Ebernburg Castle, a possession of the lords. Plates and tower are representing the former municipality of Ebernburg. The lion is taken from the arms of the Lords of Löwenstein and is representing the former municipality of Bad Münster am Stein. City rights were gained on 29 April 1978. The former city was incorporated into Bad Kreuznach on 1 July 2014.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage and Stadler 1966, p.15
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2023
The date of approval of flag, banner and arms is unknown. The symbols were abolished on 30 June 2014.
Jörg Majewski, 27 June 2009
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