Dietzhölztal Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Dietzhölztal, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Ewersbach village

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Dietzhölztal Municipality

Banner:
The flag is quartered of blue and yellow with centred arms.
district Gießen , state Hesse
flag approved 18 February 1982
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, a boar passant Sable armed Argent, in base a barrulet wavy Azure.
Meaning:
Dietzhölztal overtook the symbols of former Ewersbach Municipality. The name means "Boar's creek". The arms are canting, displaying a boar (German: Eber) and the barrulet is representing a creek (German: Bach). The colours are those of the Princes of Nassau-Oranien, the former rulers.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.28
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Ewersbach village

Ewersbach, municipality part of Dietzhölztal [Dietzhoelztal]
Ewersbach was founded in 1937, when the former municipalities of Straßebersbach und Bergebersbach merged. The settlements existed since the 15th century and in then Neuhütte there was the first smelting metallurgical plant of the Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg, established in 1586.
incorporated on 1 February 1971
Lahn-Dill county
district Gießen, state Hesse
flag approved 19 May 1954
flag inofficial, 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, 13 Sep 2006

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