Last modified: 2023-06-03 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: bodenheim(vg) | bodenheim | gau-bischofsheim | harxheim | loerzweiler | nackenheim | wheel |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
![[VG Bodenheim flag]](../images/d/de-mz-01.gif)
2:3 
image by Jörg Majewski, 10 Aug 2009
It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 10 Aug 2009
![[VG Bodenheim banner]](../images/d/de-mz-01_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 10 Aug 2009
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 10 Aug 2009
Shield parted by a bend sinister parted of Gules and Argent, above right Argent a bunch of grapes Vert with leaf of the same, beneath left Gules a 6-spokes wheel Argent, orle parted per bend sinister of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The lower half displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Mainz, the former ruler. The upper half is alluding to viticulture as most important business line during the centuries. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 7 October 1986.
Jörg Majewski, 10 Aug 2009
![[Bodenheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-01-bo.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Aug 2009
It is a blue-white-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 Aug 2009
![[Bodenheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-01-bo_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Aug 2009
It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 Aug 2009
Shield Azure with base Sable a sinister facing donkey statant Argent in front of a feeder Or, at sinister a vase of the same with arched handles, issuant from vase an oak branch Vert.
Meaning:
The Provost of the St. Alban Convent in Mainz had been the local reeve in service of the Archbihopric of Mainz. The donkey had been the heraldic animal of the convent and he thus appeared on local court seals since around 1600, however alone and passant on top of the base. H. Knodt proposed different arms displaying a silver donkey on a black shield. The municipality adopted the current pattern, which is based on a wooden board in the local municipal hall. The pattern prevailed on seals since 1623 and in literature since 1905.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.20
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 13 January 1993.
Jörg Majewski, 11 Aug 2009
![[Gau-Bischofsheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-01-gb.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Aug 2009
It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag with stripes alternating of red and white and centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 12 Aug 2009
![[Gau-Bischofsheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-01-_gb.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Aug 2009
It is a vertical 5-stripes flag with stripes alternating of red and white and arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 12 Aug 2009
Shield parted per fess, above bendy of five of Argent and Gules, beneath Gules a lower demi-wheel Argent with three spokes.
Meaning:
The village was ruled by the Chapter of Mainz since the early Medieval. In 1424 Archbishop Konrad III of Mainz (1419-1434) acquired the villages of Hochheim, Flörsheim, Bierstadt and Bischofsheim auf dem Gau (= Bischofsheim on the shire) and in exchange he ceded 50% of city and castle of Bingen to the chapter. Since then the village belonged to the Archbishopric of Mainz. The arms are based on a sculpture from 1651. The bendy shield is representing the chapter. The demi-wheel displays a differentiation of the arms of the archbishopric.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 17 December 1990.
Jörg Majewski, 12 Aug 2009
![[Harxheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-01-hx.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
It is a yellow-green-yellow horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1 and centred arms in the green stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
![[Harxheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-01-hx_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
It is a yellow-green-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1 and arms shifted to top in the green stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
Shield Or an oak twig Vert with two acorns and a grain ear Vert in saltire, over all a bunch of grapes Azure stemmed Vert.
Meaning:
The arms ar symbolising viticulture, agriculture and forestry as importnat business lines.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 8 January 1990.
Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
![[Lörzweiler municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-01-lz.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
It is a white-green-white horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:4:1 and centred arms in the green stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
![[Lörzweiler municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-01-lz_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
It is a white-green-white vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:4:1 and arms shifted to top in the green stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
Shield Argent an eradicated linden sapling Vert.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the family arms of the Barons of Hettersdorf, who inherited the Hund kin from Saulheim as local liege lords around 1700.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 5 September 1991. The arms were approved on 11 August 1955 by Minister of Interior of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Jörg Majewski, 13 Aug 2009
![[Nackenheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-01-na.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 15 Aug 2009
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:4:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 15 Aug 2009
![[Nackenheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-01-na_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 15 Aug 2009
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:4:1 and arms shifted to top in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 15 Aug 2009
Shield parted by a bar Argent, above Sable an orb Argent, beneath Gules a wheel Argent.
Meaning:
The lower half displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Mainz as the village historically belonged to the Chapter of St. Stephen in Mainz. The oldest seal of the village is known since 1580 and shows the stoning of St. Stephen and below him a bushel and a hook. A bushel is often depicted as a circle with a horizontal bar. Together with the hook this probably was interpreted as an orb in later images. Since 1620 local seals displayed the current pattern without bar. An architectural sculpture on the local town hall displays the arms first with an orb and the wheel of Mainz with eight spokes. Later the number of spokes was reduced to six. The former arms depicted the orb as golden. The bar was added in the 20th century.
Source: H. Knodt:"Hessisches Ortswappenbuch", vols.1+2, Glücksburg 1956
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 1 January 1987. The arms have never been approved officially.
Jörg Majewski, 15 Aug 2009
back to Mainz-Bingen cities and municipalities click here