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Buseck Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Buseck, Landkreis Gießen, Gießen District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Buseck municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Aug 2006
in use since 1978 See also:

Buseck Municipality

Banner:
The banner is plain white with coat of arms shifted to the top.
administration seat: Großen-Buseck
inhabitants 13,276
Gießen County
district Gießen , state Hesse
municipality formed at 1st January 1977 of 5 villages
Flag in use since approximately 1977
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission.
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 21 Aug 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield mantled, above parted per pale into Or and Sable, both sides charged with a ram's horn in counterchanged colours, beneath parted per pale into Sable and Argent charged with a trefoil of hearts in counterchanged colours.
Meaning:
The arms of the different lines of the Buseck kin all displayed a ram's head. The trefoil is representing the kins of Trohe and Nordeck. The arms since 28 November 1966 had been those of former Großen-Buseck municipality.
The coat of arms was approved on 31 January 1978 by Minister of Interior of Hesse. The arms were designed by Heinz Ritt.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Mar 2017


Alten-Buseck Village

[Alten-Buseck village banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Aug 2006
approvesed 13 May 1976

Banner:
It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
incorporated on 1 January 1977
Gießen county
district Gießen , state Hesse
banner approved on 13 May 1976
banner unofficial, 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, 28 Aug 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a ram's head caboshed Sable, chief wavy Sable charged with three castles Or in base, barrulet wavy Azure beneath chief.
Meaning:
The ram's head is taken from the arms of the Lords of Buseck. The castles are representing local Zaunburg (Zannenburg/Tzanburg), Hofburg and Brandsburg. The barrulet might represent Wieseck Creek, which passes however the village.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2017


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