Neuhof Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Neuhof, Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Neuhof Municipality

Banner:
It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top. Benath the shield is an inscription in capitals of counterchanged colours "NEUHOF".
inhabitants: 11,327
Fulda County
Kassel District , state Hesse
banner approved on 28 August 1963
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 18 Oct 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Or three connected annulets Sable at dexter and hammer and mallet Sable at sinister, beneath Sable a throughout cross gyronny Or.
Meaning:
The annulets are symbolising the merger of the municipalities of Ellers, Opperz and Neustadt in 1928. Name giver of the new municipality however became the forestral district of Neuhof. Hammer and mallet are symbolising the potash mining in the area. The cross is taken from the arms of Fulda in different tinctures, as the area to the Abbey of Fulda. The arms were approved in 1963 by Minister of Interior of Hesse.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.67
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 June 2017

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