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klaus-michael schneider
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![[VG Rodalben flag]](../images/d/de-ps-04.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Sep 2011
It is a red-yellow-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3 and centred arms on the yellow stripe.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 3 Sep 2011
![[VG Rodalben banner]](../images/d/de-ps-04_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Sep 2011
It is a red-yellow-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:7:3 and arms shifted to top on the yellow stripe.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 3 Sep 2011
Shield Or with orle Gules a griffin rampant cowed Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are derived from the city arms of Rodalben, which display a silver griffin on a blue shield. Most villages in the associated municipality historically belonged to the Amt Gräfenstein of the Margraviate of Baden. Its seals displayed the canting griffin (German: Greif), which was also the supporter of the Badenian arms. The arms show the griffin in the tinctures of the margraviate. These tinctures are the same as those of the County of Hanau-Lichtenstein, to which the village of Donsieders belonged. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 15 June 1984. The arms were approved on 14 December 1978.
Jörg Majewski, 3 Sep 2011
![[Clausen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-ps-04-cl.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Sep 2011
It is a blue-red horizontal bicolour with arms in a yellow flaghead.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 4 Sep 2011
![[Clausen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ps-04-cl_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Sep 2011
It is a blue-red vertical bicolour with arms in a yellow bannerhead.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 4 Sep 2011
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Azure a sinister facing griffin rampant cowed Argent, at sinister Gules standing on mount issuant Vert a knight crowned Or, clad in armour of the same, charged with a throughout cross Gules on his breast, holding an inescutcheon Or, parted by a bend Gules, by his dexter hand, and a lance with a pennant Argent, parted by a cross Gules, by his sinister hand.
Meaning:
The sinister half displays St. Bernard, the local patron saint as a crowned knight. The griffin is taken from the arms of the former Gräfenstein district (German: Amt), to which the village historically belonged. The district belonged to the Margraviate of Baden, symbolised by the shield of the saint with Badenian arms.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 30 August 1988. The arms were approved on 3 March 1949.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Sep 2011
![[Donsieders municipal flag]](../images/d/de-ps-04-do.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Sep 2011
It is a yellow-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 5 Sep 2011
![[Donsieders municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ps-04_do.gif)
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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, 5 Sep 2011
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Gules an eradicated beech Or, at sinister Or three chevrons Gules.
Meaning:
The sinister half displays the arms of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg, who ruled the area for a long period of time until 1793. The tree had been chosen, as the name probably means a long forested hill.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 19 July 1988. The arms were approved on 27 August 1980.
Jörg Majewski, 5 Sep 2011
The municipality has no proper banner.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2023
![[Merzalben municipal flag]](../images/d/de-ps-04-me.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Sep 2011
The flag has six horizontal stripes alternating of red and white, at the hoist chequered in two columns in style of the flag of Bremen. The arms are on the centre of the long striped partition.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Sep 2011
![[Merzalben municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ps-04-me_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Sep 2011
The flag has six vertical stripes alternating of red and white, at the top chequered in two rows in style of the banner of Bremen. The arms are shifted to the top.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Sep 2011
Shield parted per fess; above Azure a demi-griffin issuant Argent, armed and tongued Or, holding an inescutcheon Or parted by a bend Gules, by his forepaws; beneath Or on top of a mount issuant Vert a castle Gules.
Meaning:
The village historically belonged to former Gräfenstein district (German: Amt) of the Margraviate of Baden. The arms thus show the arms of the margraviate, held by the griffin from the district arms. The lower half shows the local Gräfenstein Castle, the later Merzalben Castle.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 24 July 1986. The arms were approved on 28 May 1956.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Sep 2011
![[Münchweiler municipal flag]](../images/d/de-ps-04-mr.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2011
It is a black-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski,
![[Münchweiler municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ps-04-mr_.gif)
5:2 i image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2011
It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2011
Shield Or a pale Argent charged with a monk statant on a mount issuant Vert, dressed by a habit Sable and holding a book Gules, at dexter three chevrons Gules, at sinister a bend Gules.
Meaning:
The village partially belonged to the former Gräfenstein district (German: Amt) of the Margraviate of Baden, symbolised by the red bend, and to the County of Hanau-Lichtenstein, symbolised by the red chevrons. The monk (German: Mönch) is a canting element and refers to the Premonstratensian Hornburg Abbey and the Premonstratensian Wadgassen Abbey, which both owned some possessions in the village.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2023
The date of approval of flag and banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2011
![[Rodalben city flag]](../images/d/de-ps-04-rd.gif)
2:3 image by Stefan Schwoon, 8 Sep 2011
It is a narmourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski,
![[Rodalben city banner centred]](../images/d/de-ps-04-rd_.gif) 5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 8 Sep 2011
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![[Rodalben city banner off-centred]](../images/d/de-ps-04-rd2_.gif) 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2011
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![[Rodalben historical banner until 1986]](../images/d/de-ps-04-rd1_.gif) 3:2  image by Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2011
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It is a banner of arms with griffin either centred (see left image above) or shifted to top (see central image above). The historical banner had been white parted by a blue bend with coat of arms shifted to top (see right image above).
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2011
Shield Azure a sinister facing griffin rampant cowed Argent, partially armed Or and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a court seal of the former Gräfenstein district (German: Amt) of the Margraviate of Baden from the 18th century. The pattern was also used on seals of the city and of the municipality of Petersberg. The city applied for these arms in 1906. But the approval was refused, as the city had been seat of the district, but it had not been the only entity in the district. The griffin had been a supporter of the arms of the Margraves of Baden, former local rulers. Rodalben gained city rights in 1963.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.55
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 10 December 1986. The historical banner was in use at least since 1966 and abolished in 1986. The arms were approved on 22 December 1948 by Minister of Interior of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2011
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