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Münzenberg City (Germany)

Stadt Münzenberg, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Münzenberg city banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 9 June 2006
adopted 1995 See also:

Münzenberg City

Banner:
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
administration seat: Gambach
inhabitants 5,692
Wetterau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner in use since 1995
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski,

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, issuant from base a triplemount Azure, issuant from the central peak a peppermint stalk Azure, flanked by two embattled towers Gules masoned sable and issuant from the other peaks.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city, known since 1274. The towers are symbolising donjons of the local castle, finished around 1160 by Kuno von Münzenberg and today in ruins. The mint plant is taken from the arms of the Münzenberg kin and thus a canting element. All later seals and images have shown the same pattern, but the tinctures have changed during the centuries.
The arms were approved in 1928
Source: Stadler 1967, p.67
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2017

Gambach Borough

[Gambach borough flag] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 10 June 2006
approved 12 August 1970

Banner:
The banner is off-centred quartered of yellow and blue. The coat of arms is on the common point of all quarters.
incorporated on 1 October 1971
Wetterau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved on 12 August 1970
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, 10 June 2006

Gambach Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Or a demi-lion issuant Azure, armed and tongued Gules; beneath Azure a fess wavy Argent.
Meaning:
The lion is a modification from the arms oft he Counts of Solms. The fess wavy is representing Gambach, a creek and name giver of the municipality.
The arms were approved on 10 January 1955 by Minister of Interior of Hesse.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2017

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