Shield parted per bend sinister, above right Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or armed and tongued Azure, beneath left Or three wolf traps Gules in bend sinister, orle of 22 segments alternating of Sable and Argent.
Meaning:
The arms of the entity combine elements of those of its predecessors. The dexter half displays the arms of the Counts of Sayn. Nearly all of the current municipalitues where ruled by the counts and since the partition in the 17th century by the Counts of Sayn-Altenkirchen and the Counts of Sayn-Hachenburg. Thus the lion is part of the arms of those municipalities and of the arms of Altenkirchen Associated Municipality. The wolf traps are taken from the arms of the Lords of Flammersfeld, who had been commissionaires of the counts. The tinctures of the orle are those of Preußen, as the area had been part of the Prussian Rheinprovinz until the end of WW2. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: Daniel Schneider:"Wappen und Flaggen der Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld", in: "Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreises Altenkirchen vol.64" (2021), pp. 57–64
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 3 January 2020.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023

Altenkirchen (Westerwald) Associated Municipality

Altenkirchen Associated Municipality Banner

5:2

image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2009

It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: City Archive Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2009

Altenkirchen Associated Municipality Coat of Arms

Shield Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or tongued Gules, orle of 22 segments alternating of Sable and Argent.
Meaning:
The shield displays a slight differentiation of the arms of the Counts of Sayn, only varying in the tinctures of tongue and claws. The tinctures of the orle are those of Preußen, as the area had been part of the Prussian Rheinprovinz until the end of WW2. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023

The banner in use since 5 May 1972.
Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2009

Flammersfeld Associated Municipality

Flammersfeld Associated Municipality Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Feb 2009

It is a yellow-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski,

Flammersfeld Associated Municipality Banner

5:2

image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Feb 2009

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, 11 Feb 2009

Flammersfeld Associated Municipality Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Gules a double queued demi-lion rampant guardant issuant Or armed and tongued Gules, beneath Or three wolf traps Gules ordered 2:1, the sinister one mirrored.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Sayn, which display a complete lion. The wolf traps are taken from the arms of the Lords of Flammersfeld, who had been commissionaires of the counts.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023

Flag and banner were approved on 3 February 1977.
Jörg Majewski, 11 Feb 2009

Municipalities without proper Banners

The following municipalities have no proper banners: Almersbach,Bachenberg, Berod, Berzhausen, Birnbach, Bürdenbach, Busenhausen, Eichelhardt, Eichen, Ersfeld, Fiersbach, Flammersfeld, Fluterschen, Forstmehren, Gieleroth, Giershausen, Hasselbach, Helmenzen, Helmeroth, Hemmelzen, Heupelzen, Hirz-Maulsbach, Idelberg, Kescheid, Kettenhausen, Kraam, Krunkel, Mehren, Michelbach, Neitersen, Oberirsen, Oberlahr, Obersteinebach, Oberwambach, Ölsen, Orfgen, Peterslahr, Racksen, Reiferscheid, Rott, Schöneberg, Schürdt, Sörth, Stürzelbach, Volkerzen, Werkhausen, Weyerbusch and Wölmersen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023

Altenkirchen in Westerwald City

Altenkirchen Banner

5:2

image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: City Archive Altenkirchen in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Altenkirchen Coat of Arms

French shield Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or tongued Gules, crested by a mural crown Or with three visible towers and port Argent.
Meaning:
Altenkirchen had been seat of a great parish. On behalf of the local rulers, the Counts of Sayn, it gained city rights in 1314. And in the 17th century it became residence of one branch of the family. The lion from the family arms of the counts first appeared on the oldest local court seal from the 15th century under St. Martin, patron saint of the local parish church, which was first mentioned in the 12th century. In 1907 arms were designed. The saint was omitted and the mural crown was added. The lion on arms is slightly differentiated, as that one in the family arms had a blue tongue and blue claws.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.12
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2023

The banner is traditional. The arms were approved in 1907 by Emperor Wilhelm II as King of Preußen.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Burglahr Municipality

Burglahr Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

The flag is red with centred arms divided by two parallel ascending white diagonal lines continuing the bends sinister on shield.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Burglahr Banner

image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

The banner is red with centred arms divided by two parallel ascending white diagonal lines continuing the bends sinister on shield. Flag and banner only differ in ratio.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Burglahr Coat of Arms

Shield Argent parted by two parallel bends sinister Gules and a bar wavy Azure in base, over all a stylised tower Sable.
Meaning:
The tower is a representation of Laer Castle and is its only remain. The bar wavy is a representation of the Wied River. The bends sinister are a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Isenburg, former local rulers.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2023

Flag and banner were approved on 25 November 1994.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Eulenberg Municipality

Eulenberg Banner

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image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

It is a green vertical monocolour with arms shifted to top and a vertical broad yellow stripe between base of shield and bottom of sheet.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Eulenberg Coat of Arms

Shield Or an owl couchant guardant Sable on a branch Sable, issuant from base a triplemount Vert, charged with hammer and mallet Or in saltire
Meaning:
The arms are canting, displaying an owl (German: Eule) and a mount (German: Berg). The tools are alluding to ore mining in the past.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2023

The banner was approved on 20 October 1999.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Güllesheim Municipality

Güllesheim Banner

5:2

image by Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2023

It is a vertical 4-stripes flag alternating of red and white with ratio approx. 5:2:1:2 and arms shifted to top. The white stripe nearer to hoist is continuing the red pale on shield.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2023

Güllesheim Coat of Arms

Shield Argent under a canton barry of four of Argent and Gules hammer and mallet Sable in pale, at sinister a pale Gules charged with a crozier Or.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned as Curia Gundelshagen in 1250 in a charter of the Herford Imperial Abbey, a nunnery. Its arms had been white parted by a red fess. The pale as a differentiation and the crozier are alluding to the abbey. In 1245 Count Salentin of Isenburg gained Güllesheim as a fiefdom of the abbey. Count Gerlach of Isenburg (1246-1303) gained the position of a reeve in the village. Later the counts managed to destroy the relationships betwwen abbey nad village and finally they gained the complete control in the village. The canton is a slight differentiation of the family arms of the counts. The tools are symbolising ore mining, which had been practised in the village until 1965.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2023

The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2023

Hilgenroth Municipality

Hilgenroth Banner

image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

It is a white horizontal monocolour parted by a broad ascending diagonal blue stripe. The arms are shifted to top intruding the blue stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Hilgenroth Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Azure a belfry issuant Argent with windows Azure, at sinister a cross fleury Gules on an annulet of the same, chief embattled Gules a lion passant guardant Or armed and tongued Azure.
Meaning:
The lion on chief is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Sayn, who ruled the village since the Medieval. Their family arms displayed the lion in posture rampant guardant. The embattled line of partition is a representation of the former wall, an usual fortification for mere villages. The belfry is a representation of the local parish church, the oldest building in the village. The cross is symbolising that the village had been a place of pilgrimage. The tinctures blue and white are those of the local male choir, which exists since 1866.
Source: Daniel Schneider: "Das Wappen der Ortsgemeinde Hilgenroth", in: "Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreises Altenkirchen 2003", pp.44-45
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2023

The banner and arms were approved on 31 October 2001.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Horhausen in Westerwald Municipality

Horhausen Banner

[Horhausen (Westerwald) municipal banner]

image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top. The cross on shield and the two white bars at sinister are continued by lines in counterchanged colours.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Horhausen Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent parted by a cross Gules, at sinister barry of five of Gules and Argent charged with a pit lamp Or with flame Gules.
Meaning:
The village was first mentioned in 1217. The parishes of Horhausen and Peterslahr together formed the Lordship of Horhausen. Sovereign had been the Archbishopric of Trier until 1803, when it was secularised. The dexter half displays the arms of the archbishopric. The sinister half disolays the barry shield of the Counts of Isenburg, who ruled the village as vassals of the archbishopric until 1664, when the family died out.The pit lamp is symbolising ore mining in the local St. Georg Pit.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2023

Flag and banner were approved on 11 September 1991. The arms were approved on 27 April 1976.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Ingelbach Municipality

Ingelbach Banner

2:1

image by image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

It is a banner of arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Ingelbach Coat of Arms

Shield Or a rooster passant Sable armed Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the seal of the Ingelbach family. The seal is known by charters from the 14th and 15th century.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2023

Flag and banner were approved on 18 September 1995. The arms were approved on 4 December 1991.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Isert Municipality

Isert Flag

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image by Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2023

The flag is gyronny of eight of white and red with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2023

Isert Banner

2:1

image by Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2023

The banner is gyronny of eight of white and red with centred arms but with different ratio.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2023

Isert Coat of Arms

Shield enhanced parted per fess; above Gules a house Or with staircase, port and windows Gules flanked by a radiant sun Or on dexter chief corner and a lion´s head guardant Or tongued Azure on sinister chief corner; beneath Argent mattock and hammer Sable in saltire.
Meaning:
The mattock is alluding to forest clearance in the Medieval. The hammer is symbolising ore mining in the past. House and sun are symbolising the local school, which was named "House in the Sun" and had been an experimental school during the Republic of Weimar. The sun is also alluding to agriculture and harvest. The lion´s head is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Sayn-Altenkirchen. The tinctures red and golden are those of the counts, black and white are those of Preußen, as the village belonged to the Rheinprovinz
Source: Daniel Schneider: "Das Wappen der Ortsgemeinde Hilgenroth", in: "Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreises Altenkirchen 2003", pp.46-50
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2023

The date of approval of flag and banner is unknown. The arms were approved on on 10 August 2018.
Jörg Majewski, 15 June 2023

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