Taunusstein City (Germany)

Stadt Taunusstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Taunusstein City

Banner:
It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
inhabitants 29,275
Rheingau-Taunus County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
town formed on 1 October 1971 by 6 villages
banner approved on 25 July 1972
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 Aug 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Gules, holding an inescutcheon Argent, charged with a throughout cross Gules, by his forepaws.
Meaning:
The lion is that one of Nassau, as all former municipalities had been ruled by the Counts of Nassau in the past. The inescutcheon is representing Bleidenstadt, the oldest of the 10 former municipalities forming the city. The cross is an attribute of St. Ferrutius, local patron saint of Bleidenstadt and taken from the Bleidenstadt arms, were it was displayed in the dexter half of the shield. The sinister half displayed a golden demi-escarbuncle in a black field, a modification of the local Hattstein kin. Blue and yellow had been the colours of Nassau.
Sources: Stadler 1967, p.23, Ralf Hartemink's webpage and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 May 2017

Wehen Borough

Banner:
It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
incorporated into Taunusstein on 1 October 1971
Rheingau-Taunus County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved on 5 July 1963
banner inofficial, 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,

Wehen Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a lion's head Or tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The lion's head is already seen on the oldest seals of the town, known since 1555. Two later seals, both from the 17th century, also display the lion's head. The lion is derived from the arms of the Counts of Nassau, who ruled the area for many centuries, and who granted city rights in 1323. Blue and yellow had been the colours of Nassau.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.91
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 May 2017

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