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Daaden-Herdorf Associated Municipality (Germany)

Verbandsgemeinde Daaden-Herdorf, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz

Last modified: 2023-06-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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[VG Daaden-Herdorf banner] 2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Feb 2009
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Daaden-Herdorf Associated Municipality / (Verbandsgemeinde Daaden-Herdorf)

Daaden-Herdorf Associated Municipality Banner

It is a white vertical monocolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: local administration in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 Feb 2009

Daaden-Herdorf Associated Municipality Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Gules a double queued demi-lion rampant guardant issuant Or, armed and tongued Azure; beneath Or a cross patty Gules; orle of eight segments, alternating of Gules and Or.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a court seal of Daaden from 1362. The upper half is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Sayn, which displayed a complete lion. The cross is alluding to the Archbishopric of Trier and the Order of the Temple. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2023

The banner was approved in 1968 by the Daaden Associated Municipality, the predecessor of the current associated municipality.
Jörg Majewski, 11 Feb 2009


Municipalities without proper Banners

The city of Daaden and the following municipalities have no proper banners: Derschen, Emmerzhausen, Friedewald, Mauden, Niederdreisbach and Weitefeld.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2023


Herdorf City

Herdorf Flag

[Herdorf city flag] 2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2009

It is a red-yellow-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes approx. 2:7:2 and centred arms in the yellow stripe.
Source: city administration in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2009

Herdorf Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or, armed and tongued Azure; at sinister Sable a bend Argent charged with three boar heads Sable; issuant from base a pile embowed Argent; chief Azure a throughout embattled wall Argent masoned Sable under a royal coronet Or.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays the family arms of the Counts of Sayn, the sinister half those of the Lords of Freusburg. Both ruled the village. The border had been the Heller, a creek, symbolised by the pile. Finally the counts acquired also the Lordship of Freusburg. The chief is alluding to a former imperial estate named Königsmauer, i.e. the "wall of the king".
Source: Stadler 1966, p.33
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2023

The flag was approved on 15 May 1992. The arms were approved in 1958.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2009


Schutzbach Municipality

Schutzbach Banner

[Schutzbach municipal banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

It is a vertical yellow-green bicolour with ratio of stripes 1:1 and arms in canton, superimposing a thin stripe, being red on yellow part of the sheet and yellow on green part. The lower fly corner is a yellow triangle divided by a red ascending stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009

Schutzbach Coat of Arms

Shield parted by a chevron embowed Argent, beneath Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or, armed and tongued Azure; above right Vert hammer and mallet Or in saltire; above left Vert issuant from a triplemount two oak twigs Or in saltire, each one having one leaf and one acorn.
Meaning:
The wavy chevron is a representation of the Daade, a local creek. The tools are alluding to ore mining and processing, which was practised from 1370 until 1800. Twigs and mount are symbolising the landscape.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2023

The banner was approved on 10 March 2003.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009


Weitefeld Municipality

Weitefeld Flag

[Weitefeld municipal flag] 2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 14 June 2023

It is a white horizontal monocolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Jörg Majewski, 14 June 2023

Weitefeld Coat of Arms

Shield Vert a nettle leaf cross Or; mantled; at dexter Azure three fish najant Or in pale; at sinister Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or.
Meaning:
The fish refer to the three lakes that used to be in the municipality as fish ponds of the Cistercian Marienstatt Abbey. The lion is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Sayn, the former rulers. On their family arms the lion was armed and tongued blue. The cross is taken from the arms of the Lords of Greifenstein.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 June 2023

The flag is in use without approval. The arms were approved in 1982.
Jörg Majewski, 14 June 2023


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