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It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted towards the top.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
Shield parted per fess; above Sable, at dexter a sinister facing lion rampant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules, at sinister five balls Argent in quincunx; beneath Azure an eagle Argent armed and tongued Gules,mantled Or, at dexter a bend Gules, at sinister three chevrons Gules, orle of 10 segments, alternating of Sable and Argent.
Meaning:
All charges are alluding to former rulers: the lion is a differentiation of the arms of the Palatine Electors, the five balls display the arms of the Lords of Sickingen , the eagle those of the Counts of Leiningen, the red bend those of the Margraves of Baden and the chevrons those of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
The date of approval of flag and banner is unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
The flag is quartered of black and yellow with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2011
The banner is off-centred quartered of black and yellow with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2011
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Ot three chevrons Gules, 2nd quarter Sable a lion rampant Or crowned armed and tongued Gules, 3rd quarter Azure an eagle Argent armed Gules, 4th quarter Or a bend Gules, orle of eight segements alternating of Sable and Or.
Meaning:
All charges are alluding to former rulers: the lion the Palatine Electors, the chevrons to the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg, the eagle to the Counts of Leiningen, the red bend to the Margraves of Baden. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 15 February 1999. The arms were approved on 8 June 1976.
Jörg Majewski, 8 Sep 2011
It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2011
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2011
Shield barry of three, above Sable a demi-lion issuant Or amed and tongued Gules, in centre Argent five gunstones in quincunx, beneath Azure an eagle Argent armed Gules, orle of eight segments alternating of Sable and Argent..
Meaning:
The arms display the arms of the three main rulers in the region; the lion a differentiation of those of the Dukes of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, the gunstones those of the Counts of Sickingen in counterchanged tinctures and the eagle those of the Counts of Leiningen. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 22 March 1988. The arms were approved on 20 December 1973.
Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2011
The following municipalities have no proper banners: Biedershausen, Hettenhausen, Knopp-Labach, Nünschweiler, Saalstadt, Schauerberg, Wallhalben and Weselberg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
It is a blue-white-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:6:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 1 Oct 2011
It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:6:1 and arms shifted to top in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 1 Oct 2011
Shield parted per fess, above Azure an eagle Argent armed Gules, beneath Argent five gunstones in quincunx.
Meaning:
The village historically belonged to the Counts of Leiningen, represented by the upper half. The lower half displays the arms of the Lords of Sickingen in counterchanged tinctures, although the village never belonged to those lords. The gunstones were added, as the village is located on the Sickinger Höhe, a mountain.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 14 March 1988. The arms were approved on 29 NOvember 1950.
Jörg Majewski, 1 Oct 2011
It is a red-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 Sep 2011
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 Sep 2011
Shield enhanced parted per fess of Sable and Or, on triplemount issuant Vert a lion rampant parted per pale of Or armed and tongued Gules and Gules.
Meaning:
The lion is representing the red lion of the Counts of Zweibrücken and the golden lion of the Palatine Electors, the former ruled the village until 1385, the latter until 1793. The mount is symbolising the prefix "Höh" (= high) in the name.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 26 June 1990. The arms were approved on 15 July 1980.
Jörg Majewski, 11 Sep 2011
The flag is quartered of green and yellow with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 12 Sep 2011
The banner is off-centred quartered of green and yellow with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 12 Sep 2011
Shield Or enhanced three chevrons Gules, on a triplemount issuant Vert a frog in pale of the same.
Meaning:
The chevrons are taken from the arms of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg, to whom the village historically belonged. The base is canting, displaying a frog (German: Frosch) on a hill (for Höh=high).
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 24 May 1989. The arms were approved on 8 July 1971.
Jörg Majewski, 12 Sep 2011
The flag is quartered of blue and yellow with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
The banner is off-centred quartered of blue and yellow with arms shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Sable a lion rampant Or armed and tongued Gules, 2nd quarter Azure a comet reversed Or, 3rd quarter Azure a grain ear Or in bend, 4th quarter Sable five plates in quincunx.
Meaning:
The village belonged until 1589 to the Lords of Sickingen and afterwards until 1793 to the Dukes of the Pfalz-Zweibrücken. The former are represented by the plates, the latter by the lion. The 2nd quarter is alluding to the meteorite that fell down near the village on 4 May 1869. The 3rd quarter is symbolising the agricultural character of the region.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
The date of approval of flag and banner is unknown. The arms were approved on 4 April 1979.
The flag is quartered of yellow and red with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 Sep 2011
The banner is off-centred quartered of yellow and red with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 Sep 2011
Shield parted per bend sinister wavy, above right Sable a fleur-de-lis Or, beneath left Or a millwheel Gules.
Meaning:
The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of St. Anthony, the local patron saint. The wheel is symbolising the Mühlhausen settlement in the municipality. The tinctures are those of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, to which the village historically belonged.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2023
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 11 December 1978.
Jörg Majewski, 13 Sep 2011
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