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klaus-michael schneider
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![[VG Bad Marienberg banner]](../images/d/de-ww-01_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Jan 2012
The banner is yellow parted by a broad blue bend cotised yellow-blue with arms shifted to top.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 4 Jan 2012
Shield parted by a bend chequered of Argent and Gules, above left Azure semy of billets Or a lion rampant Or armed and tongued Gules, beneath Argent parted by a cross Sable.
Meaning:
The chequered bend is alluding to the Cistercian Marienstatt Abbey, the lion to the Duchy of Nassau and the black cross to the Archbishopric of Köln
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
Banner and arms were approved on 22 April 1997.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Jan 2012
The following municipalities have no proper banners: Bölsberg, Dreisbach, Fehl-Ritzhausen, Großseifen, Hahn near Marienberg, Hardt, Kirburg, Langenbach near Kirburg, Lautzenbrücken, Mörle, Neunkhausen, Nisterau, Nistertal and Stockhausen-Illfurth.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2023
![[Bad Marienberg city banner]](../images/d/de-ww-01-bm_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Jan 2012
It is a red-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 5 Jan 2012
Shield Argent parted by a centred cross Sable, inescutcheon Azure semy of billets Or a lion rampant Or armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
Marienberg gained city rights in 1939. The arms show the cross of the Teutonic Order and an inescutcheon with the lion of Nassau. The oldest known city seal from 1617 displays the arms of the Duchy of Nassau with St. Mary, the local patron saint, as a supporter. All seals until 1901 show the same composition. The town belonged to old Nassau from the 13th century until the 19th century. The order owned the church of Herborn and a parish in the Lordship of Westerwald until 1231. The size of the inescutcheon varied and the billets sometimes are omitted.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.44
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2023
The banner is in use since 1990. The arms were approved in 1939.
Jörg Majewski, 5 Jan 2012
![[Hof municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ww-01-ho_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Jan 2012
It is a blue-orange vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 5 Jan 2012
Shield parted by a bend wavy of Or and Sable, above left Gules a 6-spokes wheel Or, beneath a belfry Sable with bell of the same.
Meaning:
The belfry is that one of the local Protestant church. The wheel is alluding to the importance of transport
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 5 Jan 2012
![[Norken vertical flag]](../images/d/de-ww-01-no_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2012
5:2image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2012
It is a white vertical monocolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2012
Shield parted per pall reversed, above right Or a pruning knife Gules, above left Gules a lion rampant guardant Or armed and tongued Azure, beneath Sable a 6-spokes wheel Argent.
Meaning:
The lion of Sayn is alluding to the fact that the village historically belonged to the County of Sayn-Hachenburg. The knife is a tool used in forestry and alluding to a special type of forestry organised by co-operatives. The wheel is symbolising the location alongside the road from Köln to Leipzig and the importance of transport by waggoners.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2012
![[Unnau vertical flag]](../images/d/de-ww-01-un_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2012
It is a blue-orange vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2012
Shield parted per fess; above Or parted by a pallet Azure, at dexter a cogwheel Azure issuant from an anvil of the same, at sinister a mattock and an axe Gules in saltire; beneath Vert five grain ears Or in fan and issuant from base a triplemount Or.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Jan 2012
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