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klaus-michael schneider
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![[VG Vordereifel banner]](../images/d/de-my-06_.gif)
5:2 
image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Feb 2023
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023 13 Feb 2023
Shield parted per pale and pall reversed, above right Or three lozenged Gules ordered 2:1, above left Gules a dragon salient couchant Argent, below right Gules three balls Or in triangle, below left Or a fleur-de-lis Gules.
Meaning:
The name of the entity had been Mayen-Land Associated Municipality until 31 December 2001. The upper quarters display a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Virneburg at dexter and a differentiation of those of the Barons of Breidbach-Bürresheim at sinister. The lower quarters perhaps display attributes of St. Nicolas at dexter and of St. Mary at sinister.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023 13 Feb 2023
![[Acht municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-ac_.gif)
5:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Feb 2023
It is a red-yellow-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top with the lower edge of its chief continued by the upper line of partition.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield Gules a Latin cross Or flanked by a pair of attires of the same, chief Or a fess wavy Azure.
Meaning:
The red field displays the attributes of St. Hubert, patron saint of the local chapel. The blue fess wavy is a representation of the Achterbach, a creek.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
The arms are in use since 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Anschau municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-as_.gif)
5:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Feb 2023
The banner is off centred quartered of yellow and red. The coat of arms is in the canton.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield parted per fess, above Azure issuant from line of partition an axe Argent hafted Or and a crozier Argent in saltire, beneath Or seven lozenges Gules ordered 4:3.
Meaning:
The lower half displays the arms of the Counts of Virneburg. The crozier is an attribute of St. Giles, the local patron saint. The axe is an attribute of St. Matthew the Apostle, the former patron saint.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Arft municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-ar_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
It is a red vertical monocolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield Or three connected trefoils Azure in triangle, on chief four lozenges Gules in fess.
Meaning:
The lozenges are a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Virneburg, whose arms displayed seven lozenges. The trefoils are representing the three patron saints of the local chapel, probably St. Mary, St. Joseph and St. Judoc.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Baar municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-ba_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Feb 2023
It is a red-yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top. The lines of partition of sheet and shield are continuing one another.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield Gules seven grain ears Or in fan; mantled; at dexter Or a lozenge Gules, at sinister Argent a Greek cross Gules.
Meaning:
The ears are symbolising the rural character. The lozenge is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Virneburg, whose arms displayed seven lozenges. The cross is differentiation of the arms of the Archbishopric of Trier.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Bermel municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-bm_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Feb 2023
It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield Argent parted by a bendlet sinister wavy Azure, above right an oak twig Vert with two leaves and one acorn, beneath left a mallet Azure and a chisel of the same in saltire, base Gules three lozenges Or in fess.
Meaning:
The fess wavy is a representation of the Elzbach, a creek. The twig is symbolising forestal riches, the tools are symbolising stone masonry. The base is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Virneburg, whose arms displayed seven lozenges in couterchanged tinctures.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Ettringen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-bo_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield Azure two intertwined annulets Argent in pale; mantled; at dexter Argent parted by a cross Gules, at sinister Or a lozenge Gules.
Meaning:
The annulets are alluding to the Cistercian Himmerod Monastery, to which the village historically belonged. The dexter part of the mantle displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Trier, the former liege lord of the village. The lozenge is a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts of Virneburg, whose arms displayed seven lozenges.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
The arms were approved on 18 January 1988 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Koblenz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
The municipality has no proper banner.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Ettringen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-et_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield Or seven lozenges Gules ordered 4:3, on chief a label Sable with five points.
Meaning:
The arms are basically the family arms of the Counts of Virneburg with the additional label.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
The banner was approved on
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Hausten municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-hs_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Feb 2023
It is a vertical 5-stripes flag alternating of red and yellow with ratio of stripes approx. 1:2:27:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top in the central stripe. A sinister bendy wavy line in counterchanged tinctures is continuing the bend sinister on shield.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield Or enhanced parted by a bend sinister wavy Azure, above right a Greek cross Gules, beneath left a watermill wheel Gules and a pair of grain ears Vert.
Meaning:
The blue wavy line is a representation of the Nette River. The cross is a differentiation of the arms of the Archbishopric of Trier. The grain is symbolising agriculture and the wheel the use of water power.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Herresbach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-my-06-he.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred coat of arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield parted per fess; above Or a demi-eagle issuant Sable, armed and tongued Gules; beneath Azure three connected grain ears Or in fan.
Meaning:
The eagle is a differentiation of the imperial eagle and is symbolising that the village was ruled by the Imperial Knights of Waldbott-Bassenheim. The ears are representing the settlement cores of Herresbach proper, Döttingen and Eschbach.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
The arms are in use since 1991.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Hirten municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-hr_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Feb 2023
It is a horizontal 7-stripes flag with alternating blue and white stripes with ratio approx. 3:3:1:16:1:3:3 and centred coat of arms with a blue triangle annexed at hoist.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield parted per bend sinister, above right Argent a Latin cross Gules, beneath left Azure a herdman´s shovel Or in bend sinister, chief Azure charged with a pair of pliers Argent in fess.
Meaning:
The Latin cross is a differentiation of the arms of the Archbishopric of Trier. The shovel of a herdsman (German: Hirte) is canting. The pliers here are a tool of a dentist and an attribute of St. Apollonia, the local patron saint.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Kehrig municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-kh_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Feb 2023
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield Argent a wheel Sable; mantled Azure, at dexter charged with a grain ear issuant Or, at sinister with a slate hammer Argent hafted Sable.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Kirchwald municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-kw_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
The banner is parted of red and yellow by a broad white band. The coat of arms is shifted towards the fly. Its line of partition is continued by the upper line of partiton of the sheet.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield parted per bend, above left Argent a dragon statant couchant Gules, beneath left a sinister facing lion rampant issuant Or.
Meaning:
The upper half displays the arms of the Lords of Breidbach-Bürresheim.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
![[Kottenheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-my-06-ko_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
Shield parted per fess of Argent and Sable, over all an escarbuncle Or.
Meaning:
The municipal arms are the family arms of the Knights of Kottenheim, who owned a farm in the village since the early Medieval.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Feb 2023
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