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![[Verbandsgemeinde Kirchheimbolanden]](../images/d/de-do-04.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 10 Mar 2010
![[Marnheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-04-mn.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2010
It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2010
![[Marnheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-04-mn_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2010
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2010
Shield Argent with base wavy Azure a fess Gules, in chief an 8-spokes wheel of the same.
Meaning:
The base is representing the Pfrimm, a local river. The wheel displays the arms of the Lords of Bolanden, the fess is taken from those of the Lords of Wartenberg. Both families ruled the village as reeves of the Archbishopric of Mainz.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 12 July 1968. The arms were approved in July 1930 by Minister of Interior of Bayern.
Jörg Majewski, 20 Mar 2010
![[Mörsfeld municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-04-mf.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Mar 2010
It is a yellow-green horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 21 Mar 2010
![[Mörsfeld municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-04-mf_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Mar 2010
It is a yellow-green vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 21 Mar 2010
Shield aprted per fess; above Sable a lion passant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules; beneath Argent with base wavy Azure, issuant from base three bulrushes proper stemmed and leafed Vert in fess.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a local seal, made in 1563 with prints since 1583, which since then never had been changed. The lower half is canting, alluding to local swamps (German: Moore). The upper half is a differentiation of the arms of the Palatine Counts of Rhine, former local rulers.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 28 November 1989. The arms were approved on 5 June 1956 by Minister of Interior of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Jörg Majewski, 21 Mar 2010
![[Morschheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-04-mo.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Mar 2010
It is a yellow-blue-yellow horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the central stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 22 Mar 2010
![[Morschheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-04-mo_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Mar 2010
It is a yellow-blue-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the central stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 22 Mar 2010
Shield Or a knight statant, clad in armour Argent, with skin Sable, nimbed Argent, the harness on his breast parted by a cross Gules, holding an inescutcheon Azure charged with an eagle Argent by his dexter hand and a lance Gules in pale, topped by a pennant Argent parted by a cross Gules, by his sinister hand.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a local seal, which had been in use since the beginning of the 15th century until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1803. The nimbed knight is St. Maurice, local patron saint, recognisable not only by his black skin but also by his attributes harness, shield and lance. As a concession to the NS-government the pennant with cross was omitted in 1938 but restored in 1950. The inescutcheon displays the family arms of the Counts of Leiningen, former local rulers.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 11 June 1996. The arms were approved on 7 August 1950 by Minister of Interior of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Jörg Majewski, 22 Mar 2010
![[Oberwiesen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-04-ow.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2010
It is a green-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2010
![[Oberwiesen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-04-ow_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2010
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
It is a green-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2010
Shield Argent on mount issuant Vert a spruce of the same flanked in chief by two 6-point stars Or, over all a stag salient Gules armed Or.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a local court seal from 1779. The stars had been symbols of the former court of justice. Stag and spruce are symbolising riches of forests and deer.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 3 May 1990. The arms were granted on 30 January 1844 by King Ludwig I of Bayern.
Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2010
![[Orbis municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-04-or.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2010
It is a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2010
![[Orbis municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-04-or_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2010
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2010
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent between two firs issuant Vert a key Gules in pale, at sinister Azure a lion rampant Or armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The sinister haldf displays the arms of the Counts of Nassau, several branches of the kin had been former rulers until 1797. The firs are symbolising riches of forests. The key is an attribute of St. Peter, patron saint of a local chaplain´s church.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 17 January 1990. The arms were approved on 17 February 1964 by Minister of Interior of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2010
![[Rittersheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-04-rh.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2010
It is a blue-yellow-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the central stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2010
![[Rittersheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-04-rh_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2010
It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the central stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2010
Shield Azure a bishop in half length portrait with coat and mitre Or, holding a crozier of the same in pale by his sinister hand and rising his dexter hand in order to swear an oath, in chief flanked by minuscules Argent "s" and "m".
Meaning:
The Benedictine St. Maximin Imperial Abbey in Trier had been an important manorial lord in the village. The bishop on the arms is St. Maximin, name giver of the abbey. The arms are based on a local court seal from 1616. The tinctures are those of the Counts of Nassau-Weilburg, the last local rulers, before the area was occupied by French troops during the French Revolution in 1797. The municipality applied for arms in 1951. Due to religious reasons the approval was made 20 years later.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 17 January 1990. The arms were approved on 6 April 1971 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Neustadt.
Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2010
![[Stetten (Pfalz) municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-04-st.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2010
It is a white-red-white horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the central stripe.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2010
![[Stetten (Pfalz) municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-04-st_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2010
It is a white-red-white vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the central stripe.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2010
Shield Or, issuant from a triplemount Azure a demi-lion rampant Gules, armed and tongued Azure and holding a sword Argent in bend sinister by his dexter arm.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a local court seal from 1534, known by a document from 1597. A small seal from 1663 basically displayed the same pattern but with a background semy of starlets. This seal was renewed in 1717 and remained in use until the French occupation of the area. The tinctures had been chosen by Otto Hupp partially arbitrarily. He interpreted the lion as that one of the Counts of Löwenstein and thus chose for him the red tincture. His hypothesis is however considered to be doubtful. His draft displayed the lion on a blue triplemount. Arms were however approved with a green triplemount. The blue tincture of the mount was restored in 1985. There had been other minor changes in the past as the tinctures of claws and tongue.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved and the arms were confirmed on 28 May 1985 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Neustadt.
Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2010
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