Last modified: 2023-04-07 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[VG Ruwer banner]](../images/d/de-tr_04.gif)
2:1 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Jan 2012
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Jan 2012
Shield parted per fess; above Or a double headed demi-eagle issuant Sable armed and tongued Gules, upon his breast an inescutcheon Azure a bear rampaant Argent and on sinister chief a 6-point star of the same; beneath Vert parted by a bend sinister wavy Or, flanked above right by branch Argent with a vine leaf and a bunch of grapes, beneath left spade Argent and an axe Argent in saltire.
Meaning:
Ruwer, today a borough of Trier, had been seat of the associated municipality until 2005. The doeble-headed imperial eagle is alluding to the fact that it belonged to the Benedictine St. Maximin Imperial Abbey in Trier from the Medieval until the 18th century. The abbey had been under direct imperial rule and was entitled to use the imperial eagle. The inescutcheon with bear and star displays attributes of its name giver. The golden bend sinister wavy is a representation of the name giving Ruwer River. Branch, spade and axe are representing viticulture, agriculture and forestry. Seat of the associated municipality is Waldrach.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2023
The banner is in use since 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2023
The following municipalities have no proper banners: Bonerath, Farschweiler, Gutweiler, Herl, Hinzenburg, Holzerath, Kasel, Korlingen, Lorscheid, Mertesdorf, Morscheid, Ollmuth, Osburg, Riveris, Schöndorf, Sommerau, Thomm and Waldrach.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2023
![[Gusterath municipal banner]](../images/d/de-tr-04_gt.gif)
5:2 
image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2011
It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2011
Shield parted per fess; above Or a lion issuant Gules; beneath parted per pale, at dexter Argent parted by a Latin cross Gules, at sinister Azure a shoe Or.
Meaning:
Lion and blue colour are taken from the arms of Wilhelm of Helphenstein. The family held the right of patronage, confirmed in 1236 by Archbishop Theoderich of Trier. The quarter beneath right displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Trier, the former ruler. The shoe is alluding to the economic importance of the local production of shoes in the Romika factory during the last 50 years.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2011
![[Pluwig municipal flag]](../images/d/de-tr-04-pl.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2011
It is a red flag divided by two white lines in bend sinister with arms shifted to hoist touching the white stripe at hoist.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 Oct 2011
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale, at dexter Gules a cross Argent on a staff of the same, at sinister Argent hammer and mallet Sable in saltire; beneath Argent an eagle´s head Sable armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
Hammer and mallet as symbols of mining are symbolising the depletion of ore in the past. The cross is used on local processions. The head of the imperial eagle is alluding to the fact that Pluwig had been seat of a free imperial lordship. The eagle is a symbol of the direct imperial rule since the rule since the days of Emperor Konrad II (1027 - 1039).
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2023
The banner was approved on 2 March 2001.
Jörg Majewski,
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