Elbtal Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Elbtal, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Gießen District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Elbtal Municipality

Banner:
It is a yellow-white-yellow vertical triband, in between fimbriated by black striplets. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
administration seat: Dorchheim
inhabitants 2,523
Limburg-Weilburg County
Gießen District , state Hesse
banner in use since 2001
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 3 Sep 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, divided by a saltire checkered of sable and Argent, in chief quarter a coronet Argent.
Meaning:
The arms are derived from the arms of the medieval Lords of Waldmannshausen, who had many possessions in the current municipality, especially Waldmannshausen estate and Waldmannshausen village (independent until 1936).
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2017

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