Last modified: 2020-03-28 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: saarbruecken | dudweiler | ensheim | eschringen | lion(white) | crosslet | bordure | rose(red) | mining tools | hammer | crozier | sword |
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![[Saarbrücken city flag]](../images/d/de-sb-sb.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 4 Apr 2001
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Saarbrücken is the capital of the Saar and located in the so-called Regionalverband Saarbrücken (I do not know what the difference, if any, between a Stadtverband and a county or Landkreis should be). Keyser 1939-1974 says about Saarbrücken (my translation), "[Since 1908] colours of the city [are] blue-white".
Stefan Schwoon, 4 Apr 2001
It is a (sky) blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Pascal Vagnat, 8 Aug 1999 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
![[Saarbrücken city banner]](../images/d/de-sb-sb_.gif)
5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
It is a (sky) blue-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
![[Saarbrücken city CoA]](../images/d/de-sb-sb).gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 9 Mar 2020
Shield parted enhanced per fess, above parted per pale, at dexter Argent a heraldic rose Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert, at sinister Argent hammer and mallet Sable in saltire beneath the ends of an open forceps reversed Sable; beneath Azure a lion rampant Argent, crowned Or, armed and tongued Gules surrounded by four crosslets patty Argent.
Meaning:
The arms were introduced as inescutcheon on the breast of the Prussian eagle in greater arms. Rose and lion were taken from a common seal of Saarbrücken proper and St. Johann from 1462. The mining tools (forceps, hammer and mallet) were taken from the arms of Malstatt-Burbach from 1897. The rose is the old symbol for St. John. The bordure of 18 pieces of Sable and Argent, the Prussian colours, was not part of the inescutcheon on the eagle's breast but formed lesser arms together with the charges of the inescutcheon.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.75
Santiago Dotor, 16 Apr 2002 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
The arms were granted in 1909 by Emperor Wilhelm II on occasion of the merger of Saarbrücken, St. Johann and Malstatt-Burbach.
Santiago Dotor, 16 Apr 2002
![[Dudweiler borough flag]](../images/d/de-sb-sb-dw.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
It was a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.73
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
![[Dudweiler borough banner]](../images/d/de-sb-sb-dw_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
It was a blue-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.73
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
Shield Azure, a lion rampant Argent, crowned Or, armed and tongued Gules, shouldering a hammer Or in fess by his right forepaw.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned in the 9th century and was famous for stone coal and alum since the 17th century. The big municipality gained city rights in 1962. The lion is alluding to the Counts of Saarbrücken, here however depicted in the tinctures of Nassau-Saarbrücken. The hammer is symbolising mining. The arms had a bordure of black and white like Saarbrücken, which was omitted in 1955. Dudweiler was incorporated into Saarbrücken in 1974 but gained the privilege of an own mayor, which was however abolished in 2014.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.73
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
The arms were approved in 1936 by the commissioner for Saarland. The flag colours were approved in 1962, probably on occasion of the upgrade to a city.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
![[Ensheim borough flag]](../images/d/de-sb-sb-eh.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2020
It is a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Karl Heiz Debus: "Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz", 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020
![[Ensheim borough banner]](../images/d/de-sb-sb-eh_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2020
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: Karl Heiz Debus: "Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz", 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020
Shield parted per pale; at dexter Azure a crozier Argent issuant from base; at sinister Argent three heraldic roses Gules in pale, seeded Or and barbed Vert.
Meaning:
Crozier and roses are referring to Wadgassen Abbey, to which the village historically belonged. The roses were part of the seal of the abbey. The colours are those of Nassau-Saarbrücken, to which the village afterwards belonged.
Source: Karl Heiz Debus: "Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz", 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020
The arms were approved on 21 June 1958.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020
![[Eschringen borough flag]](../images/d/de-sb-sb-es.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2020
It is a green-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Karl Heiz Debus: "Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz", 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020
![[Eschringen borough banner]](../images/d/de-sb-sb-es_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2020
It is a green-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: Karl Heiz Debus: "Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz", 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2020