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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Verbandsgemeinde Nordpfälzer Land flag]](../images/d/de-do-05.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2023
![[Gaugrehweiler municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-gg.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2010
It is a red-yellow-red 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, 16 Feb 2010
![[Gaugrehweiler municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-gg_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2010
It is a red-yellow-red 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, 16 Feb 2010
Shield Azure a bishop statant dressed Gules, nimbed and coated Or with mitre of the same, holding a crozier Or in pale by his sinister hand and three balls of the same by his dexter hand.
Meaning:
The bishop is St. Nicolas, the local patron saint, recognisable by his attributes, especially the three golden balls or apples.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 24 June 1986.
Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2010
![[Gehrweiler municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-gw.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 31 Mar 2010
The flag is quartered of blue and white with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 31 Mar 2010
![[Gehrweiler banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-gw_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 31 Mar 2010
The banner is off-centred quartered of blue and white with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 31 Mar 2010
Shield lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The arms display basically the lozengy shield of Bayern and are alluding to the rule of the Wittelsbach kin, later of the Dukes of Pfalz-Zweibrücken and finally of the Kings of Bayern
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 25 May 1993. The arms are in use without approval.
Jörg Majewski, 31 Mar 2010
![[Gerbach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-gb.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Apr 2010
It is a yellow-green-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, 1 Apr 2010
![[Gerbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-gb_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Apr 2010
It is a yellow-green-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, 1 Apr 2010
Shield Or on top of a mount issuant Vert a frog couchant of the same, in background a willow proper.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the common seal of Sankt Alban and Gerbach from 1666. However the meaning of the charges is not known.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
Flag and banner were approved on 8 January 1991. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 1 Apr 2010
![[Gundersweiler municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-gu.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 2 Apr 2010
It is a yellow-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 2 Apr 2010
![[Gundersweiler municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-gu_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 2 Apr 2010
It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 2 Apr 2010
Shield parted per fess; above Sable a demi-lion rampant issuant Or, armed and tongued Gules, holding a housemark Argent, shaped like a mirrored initial "K", by his forepaws; beneath Or two 5-point stars Gules in fess.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 17 January 1992. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 2 Apr 2010
![[Imsweiler municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-iw_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Apr 2010
It is a red-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: local administration in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 3 Apr 2010
Shield Argent an impending saltire Azure, flanked at dexter and sinister by a pair of heraldic roses Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
The banner was approved on 29 January 2007. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 3 Apr 2010
![[Katzenbach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-kb.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Apr 2010
It is a green-white-green 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, 4 Apr 2010
![[Katzenbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-kb_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Apr 2010
It is a green-white-green 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, 4 Apr 2010
Shield Sable a knight clad in armour Azure and mounted on a horse salient Argent bridled Or girded by a sword in bend of the same and holding a shield Argent parted by a cross Gules, he is killing a dragon Vert ,armed and tongued Gules, in base by a lance Or in pale.
Meaning:
The knight is St. George, the local patron saint, recognisable by his attributes dragon and red cross. The tinctures changed a little bit, since a draft was made by Otto Hupp in 1920. The saint first appeared on the local seal from 1714, but there are indications that a similar seal was used in 1701. Later seals all showed the saint. The current tinctures were fixed in 1984.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 18 June 1991. The arms were approved on 26 September 1984, but they had been in use since the 19th century.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Apr 2010
![[Mannweiler-Cölln municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-mc.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2010
It is a yellow-red-yellow 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, 17 Feb 2010
![[Mannweiler-Cölln municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-mc_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2010
It is a yellow-red-yellow 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, 17 Feb 2010
Shield Or a knight clad in armour Gules and mounted on a sinister facing horse salient Sable bridled Argent and Or, killing a dragon reguardant Vert in base, armed and tongued Gules, chief Or fretty Gules.
Meaning:
The main scene displays St.George, probably the local patron saint, with the dragon. The chief displays the family arms of the Lords of Daun.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 3 April 1985. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2010
![[Münsterappel municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-ms.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2010
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:1:1 and arms in a red flaghead.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2010
![[Münsterappel municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-ms_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2010
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:1:1 and arms in a red bannerhead.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2010
Shield Or a lion rampant Gules, crowned, armed and tongued Azure holding by his forepaws an inescutcheon Azure, charged with a church Argent with two towers, towers and nave with roofs Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the oldest known village seal from 1537. The church is the local church or minster (German: Münster), which was owned by the Benedictine St. Maximin Imperial Abbey in Trier, which also owned a large part of the area in late medieval times. Their possessions later became owned by the Waldgraves, later Counts of Salm, who partially gave the area in loan to the Palatine Counts of Rhine. An older version of the arms displayed a golden lion on a black shield. The golden lion is that one of the Pfalz, the red lion that one of the waldgraves, who ruled the area primarily, as the seal was made.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 30 April 1980. The arms were approved on 4 July 1953.
Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2010
![[Niederhausen upon Appel municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-na.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Feb 2010
It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 19 Feb 2010
![[Niederhausen upon Appel municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-na_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Feb 2010
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 19 Feb 2010
Shield parted per fess; above Or a demi-lion rampant issuant Gules, crowned, arned and tongued Azure; beneath Azure a church Argent with two towers, topped by crosslets Or, and roofs Gules.
Meaning:
The upper half is a differentiation of the arms of the Waldgraves, later Counts of Salm, former local rulers. The church is alluding to the St. Maximin Provostry in Münsterappel, as the village belonged to the church in Münsterappel.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 16 June 1982. The arms were approved on 5 August 1954.
Jörg Majewski, 19 Feb 2010
![[Niedermoschel municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-05-nm.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2010
It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2010
![[Niedermoschel municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-05-nm_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2010
It is a yellow-blue 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 Feb 2010
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale; at dexter Sable a lion rampant Or crowned, armed and tongued Gules; at sinister lozengy of Argent and Azure; beneath Azure a scallop Argent.
Meaning:
The upper half is symbolising the rule of the Wittelsbach kin by the Palatine lion and the Bavarian lozenges. The scallop (German: Muschel) is a punning element.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 8 December 1986. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2010
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