Last modified: 2021-03-20 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: westerwald-obereichsfeld | effelder | groszbartloff | kuellstedt | wachstedt | wheel | wall | apple | juniper(berry) | chestnut | guardian |
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![[Küllstedt municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-07-ks_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2013
The community itself and the municipality of Büttstedt have no proper flags.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
![[Effelder municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-07-ef_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2013
It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
The shield is red with a silver bordure of 16, displaying a golden church, flanked in chief by a silver apple at dexter and a silver 6-spokes wheel at sinister.
Meaning:
The church is representing the local St. Albans Church, the highest located church of the Eichsfeld, also known as "Eichsfeld Cathedral". The meaning of the municipality's name is "place of apple trees". The apple is thus canting. The wheel is alluding to the Archbishops of Mainz, the former rulers. The bordure is representing a masoned local fountain, called "Kellerborn".
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.40
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
Effelder had 1216 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 10.9 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1215.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
![[Großbartloff municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-07-gf_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2013
It is a white-red vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Sources: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Großbartloff , version 5 October 2004 and Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
The shield is parted per fess. Above in a red field is a silver mural wall masoned black. Its open door is charges with a silver 6-spokes wheel. Beneath in a silver field is a bunch of three black juniper berries leaved green.
Meaning:
The upper ensemble is acc. to source representing eight farmhouses under the protection of the Archbishopric of Mainz, symbolized by the wheel. The area has many juniper bushes. Juniper was used in the past as a natural medicine by the local people. Furthermore the berries are referring to a nickname of the inhabitants.
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.60
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
Großbartloff had 935 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 13.8 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1358.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
It is a yellow-black vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Sources: Stefan Schwoon's database and §2(3) of Hauptsatzung of Küllstedt , version 25 January 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
The shield is black with a golden bordure, ending in three so called "crosses of atonement". Emerging from the centre are three connected silver leaves of chestnut.
Meaning:
The crosses are related to real crosses in the village. Chestnuts are the predominant species of trees in the village. The colours gold-black-silver are token from the arms of the Küllstedt kin.
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.83
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
Küllstedt had 1354 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 13.1 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1134. In Küllstedt is the seat of VG Westerwald-Obereichsfeld.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
![[Wachstedt municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ec-07-wc_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2013
It is a green-yellow vertical bicolour with coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon's database
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
The shield is golden. Issuant from a silver mural base masoned black is an issuant guardian proper, dressed green with a golden horn.
Meaning:
The village's name means something like "guardian's place". The arms are thus canting.
Source: "Wappen und Siegel der Städte und Gemeinden des Landkreises Eichsfeld", edited by Kultur und Sportamt des Landkreises Eichsfeld, Duderstadt 1997, p.118
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
Wachstedt had 487 inhabitants in 2015 and covers 17.5 km². The municipality was first mentioned in 1134.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Oct 2016
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