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Habichtswald Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Habichtswald, Landkreis Kassel, Kassel District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Habichtswald municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Nov 2006
approved 30 August 1982 See also:

Habichtswald Municipality

Banner:
The banner is off-centred quartered of green and yellow. The coat of arms is on the common point of all quarters.
administration seat: Dörnberg
inhabitants: 5,274
Kassel County
Kassel District , state Hesse
municipality formed on 31 December 1971 by merger of former municipalities of Dörnberg and Ehlen.
banner approved on 30 August 1982
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 16 Nov 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess fir-tree topped, above Or a goshawk volant Sable, beneath Vert.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, displaying a flying goshawk (German: Habicht) over a forest (German: Wald) of fir trees.
The arms were approved on 20 June 1980
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2017

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