Wörth upon Rhine City (Germany)

Stadt Wörth am Rhein, Landkreis Germersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz

Last modified: 2023-01-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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Wörth upon Rhine City

Wörth Banner

It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 29 Apr 2010

Wörth Coat of Arms

Shield Azure an anchor reversed Or, intertwined with an initial "S" Sable and flanked by a goose foot Or at dexter and an eradicted beech of the same at sinister.
Meaning:
The first arms were granted on 26 October 1841 by King Ludwig I of Bayern. They displayed on a black shield a silver anchor with golden annulet at its top. New arms were approved on 7 April 1961. They displayed on a blue shield with silver base wavy a golden anchor reversed. The anchor is symbolising shipping on the Rhine. In the current arms symbols of incorporated municipalities were added. The anchor is representing Wörth proper, the initial Pfortz and Maximiliansau, the canting beech Büchelberg, which is a mountain topped by a beech, finally the goose foot is representing Schaidt.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA and Stadler 1966, p.65
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2023

Flag and banner were approved on 5 April 1983. The arms were approved on 8 October 1981.
Jörg Majewski, 29 Apr 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2023

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