Oberweser Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Oberweser, Landkreis Kassel, Kassel District, Hesse

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

Banner:
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
administration seat: Gieselwerder
inhabitants: 3,573
Kassel County
Kassel District , state Hesse
municipality formed on 1 February 1971 by 5 villages
banner in use approximately since 1972
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 8 Nov 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a lion rampant barry of ten of Argent and Gules, armed Or, holding a fish Or in pale by his forepaws.
Meaning:
The lion barry is taken from the arms of Hessen, to which the town belonged since 1462. The fish was added as a symbol to distinguish the arms from those of Hessen and is symbolising Weser River.
The arms were approved in 1954 to former Gieselwerder municipality.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.38
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2017

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