Last modified: 2017-03-06 by klaus-michael schneider
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Offenbach am Main, City, county free city,
inhabitants 119,233
district Darmstadt, state Hesse
flag in use since 1981
information provided by Klaus Günther
Jörg Majewski, 4 Oct 2006
It is a white over blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Stefan Schwoon, 19 Feb 2001
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Oct 2006
The shield is Azure, displaying an eradicated oak Argent with 14 leaves and five acorns.
Meaning:
The oak tree in the arms is derived from the historical Dreieich (three-oaks) district. The oak appears already in the oldest seal of the city, known since 1639. In the 19th century the oak was placed in a shield and the colours were defined. Still sometimes the arms were shown in more natural colours, see below.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 mar 2017
Source: Stadler 1967, p.73
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour with arms without shield in a blue bannerhead.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Oct 2006
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