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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Limburgerhof municipal flag]](../images/d/de-lu-li.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2011
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2011
![[Limburgerhof municipal banner #1]](../images/d/de-lu-li_.gif) 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2011
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![[Limburgerhof municipal banner#2]](../images/d/de-lu-li2_.gif) 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2011
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It is a banner of arms with centred line of partition (see left image above) or line of partition shifted to top (see right image above).
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2011
Shield parted per fess, above Argent parted by a centred cross Sable, beneath Azure a watermill wheel Argent.
Meaning:
The municipality was established in 1930 by parts of the municipalities of Neuhofen, Rheingönheim and Schifferstadt. The black cross, sometimes depicted as facetted or a s cross patty is reminding on the Benedictine Limburg Monastery, which owned a name-giving estate (German: Hof) in the village. The monastery was secularised in 1571. The wheel is a representation of the Rehhütte, a local watermill, which was first mentioned in 1271 and is the oldest part of the current municipality. The tinctures blue and white are those of the Bishopric of Speyer and of Bayern as well. Both had been former rulers.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.43
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2011
Flag and banner have never been approved officially. The arms were approved in 1932 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2011
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