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![[Mörfelden-Walldorf city banner]](../images/d/de-gg-mw_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 13 June 2006
Banner:
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
inhabitants 33,348
Groß-Gerau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
city formed on January 1978 by 2 villages
banner in use since 22 May 1979
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 13 June 2006
Shield Gules, an oak tree with six leaves and three acorns Argent, over all per saltire two flails Or, entwined about which, ends downturned, a horseshoe sable.
Meaning:
The town's current arms are a composition of Mörfelden's and Walldorf's old arms times before they were united. Both Mörfelden's and Walldorf's arms had an oak tree as one of the charges, the former having a red oak on a silver shield and the latter the reverse. Furthermore, Mörfelden's arms had the black horseshoe over the oak whereas Walldorf's had the crossed golden flails. There seems to have been a compromise as to the number of leaves borne by the oak. Mörfelden's arms had five and Walldorf's had eight, whereas Mörfelden-Walldorf's have six.
Source: English WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017
![[Mörfelden borough banner]](../images/d/de-gg-mw-mo_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2006
Banner:
It is a plain red banner. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
incorporated on 1 January 1977 (also see No. 22/068)
Groß-Gerau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved 1967
banner inofficial, used for traditional purposes only
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2006
Shield Argent, an oak branch Gules acorned thrice, superimposed by a horseshoe Sable pointing downwards.
Meaning:
Mörfelden's armourial history is somewhat longer. The oldest known seal from 1612 (but dating from the previous century) already displays the oak and horseshoe. Likewise, the oak stands for the Dreieich Imperial Forest. The horseshoe is an older village symbol. The arms were adopted in 1900 officially approved in 1926.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.66
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017
![[Walldorf borough banner]](../images/d/de-gg-mw-wa_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2006
Banner:
It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
incorporated on 1 January 1977
Groß-Gerau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved on 25 February 1966
banner inofficial, used for traditional purposes only
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2006
Shield Gules, an oak branch Argent acorned thrice, superimposed by a pair of flails Or crossed per saltire.
Meaning:
The village Mörfelden-Gundhofen was named Walldorf in 1715 when a group of Italian refugees settled in the village. The oldest known use of arms dates from the early 19th century, when the Mayor's chain of office displayed a shield with an oak tree, with two flails and the letter "W". The oak is said to stand for the forests, especially the Dreieich Imperial Forest, and the flails are said to symbolise agriculture, whereas the "W" is the town's initial. The current arms, in which the "W" is removed, were approved in 1927.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.90
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017
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