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klaus-michael schneider
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![[VG Rhein-Nahe flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04.gif)
2:3 
image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Sep 2009
The flag is quartered of red and white with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Sep 2009
![[VG Rhein-Nahe banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Sep 2009
The banner is off-centred quartered of red and white with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Sep 2009
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Argent a tower Gules on a triplemount issuant Sable; 2nd quarter Sable a lion rampant issuant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules; 3rd quarter Gules a 6-spokes wheel Argent; 4th quarter Argent an anchor Sable in bend, orle of 16 segments, alternating of Argent and Gules.
Meaning:
The 1st quarter is a representation of the Mäuseturm, i.e. "tower of mice", which had been in fact a toll tower, built on a rock in the Rhine around 1000. Later it was transformed to a signal tower and a place of observation. The quarter basically displays the arms of the former municipality of Bingerbrück, nowadays a part of the city of Bingen upon Rhine. The tower is furthermore a famous landmark. The 2nd quarter displays a differentiation of the arms of the Palatine Electorate, which displayed a complete lion. The 3rd quarter displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Mainz. The archbishops built the toll tower from the 1st quarter. The 4th quarter is symbolising shipping. The tinctures of that quarter are those of the Prussian Rheinprovinz until 1945. The orle is symbolising the status of an associated municipality.
Source: information provided to Ralf Hartemink by the administration of the associated municipality
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 3 April 1989. The arms were approved on 27 April 1978.
Jörg Majewski, 20 Sep 2009
![[Bacharach city flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-bc.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Sep 2009
It is a white-blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Sep 2009
![[Bacharach city banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-bc_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Sep 2009
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Sep 2009
Renaissance shield parted per fess; above Sable a lion rampant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules; beneath lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The city arms combine the most important elements of the arms of the Wittelsbach kin since 1248, the Palatine lion above and the Bavarian lozenges below. The pattern already appeared on local secret seals since the 14th century. The great seal of the four valleys from 1360 displayed the lion alone. During the 13th century Bacharach had characteristics of a city and was capital of a district of tithing, jurisdiction and parish. Its villages had special privileges and were called valleys (German: Täler). The city was part of the Palatine Electorate until 1813 and became a part of Preußen later. But its arms remained the same.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.14
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag, banner and arms are traditional.
Jörg Majewski, 20 Sep 2009
![[Breitscheid municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-br.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2009
It is a black-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2009
![[Breitscheid municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-br_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2009
It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2009
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent parted by a centred cross Sable, at sinister Gules an orb Or in base and a 6-point star of the same in chief.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Köln, to which the village belonged, until it was acquired by the Palatine Electorate, represented by the orb. The star was added later and is alluding to the Lords of Breitscheid.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 3 Apr 1989.
Jörg Majewski, 22 Sep 2009
![[Manubach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-ma.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Sep 2009
It is a blue-white-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 Sep 2009
![[Manubach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-ma_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Sep 2009
It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 Sep 2009
Shield parted by a bend Gules charged with three plates; above Sable a lion rampant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules and holding an inescutcheon Argent charged with a fleur-de-lis Azure under a tournament lance in bend of the same; beneath lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
Manubach belonged to the so called four valleys, which had been privileged villages. Thus its arms are based on the city arms of Bacharach, which are alluding to the Wittelsbach kin, as Palatine Electors rulers for centuries. The lance is taken from the arms of the local Kunze family and the fleur-de-lis from those of the local Perwin family. The bend is taken from the arms of the local Fuchs family.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 6 March 1990.
Jörg Majewski, 23 Sep 2009
![[Münster-Sarmsheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-ms.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Nov 2009
It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 29 Nov 2009
![[Münster-Sarmsheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-ms_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Nov 2009
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 29 Nov 2009
Shield parted per fess; above Or a church Sable with three towers, the two in flanches topped by crosslets and the central one by a crozier; beneath Gules two arrows Argent in saltire superimposed by a bunch of grapes of the same.
Meaning:
The arms are based on local seals of both former municipalities. The upper half is representing Münster, derived from "monastery" and depicting the canting monastery with a crozier issuant. The seal of Sarmsheim displayed two arrows in saltire accompanied by a rose. The rose was replaced by the bunch of grapes, as Sarmsheim is one of the hotspots of viticulture in the Nahe valley. Münster belonged to the Palatine Electorate, symbolised by its tinctures golden and black. Sarmsheim belonged to the Archbishopric of Mainz, symbolised by its tinctures red and white.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 3 April 1989.
Jörg Majewski, 29 Nov 2009
![[Niederheimbach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-ni.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Sep 2009
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with stripes of equal width and centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 25 Sep 2009
![[Niederheimbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-ni_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Sep 2009
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with stripes of equal width and arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 25 Sep 2009
Shield parted by a bendlet sinister wavy Argent; above right Gules ordered per bend sinister a 6-spokes wheel Argent and a mitre superimposing a crozier in bend of the same; beneath left Sable a lion rampant issuant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules under a bunch of grapes Or with leaf of the same.
Meaning:
The Benedictine Kornelimünster Imperial Abbey sold its possessions in the village, which left no profit, in 1270, one half to the Archbishopric of Köln, the other half to the Archbishopric of Mainz. The Hohenfels family, whose members had been the local reeves had however the de facto power, until they sold their rights to the Palatine Electorate in 1290. Although the village finally became a possession of the archbishopric in 1344, the Palatine electors tried to connect their teritories around Bacharach and Ingelheim. The red partition is alluding to the archbishopric. Mitre and crozier are also attributes of St. Nicolas, the local patron saint. The black half is alluding to the Palatine electors and to viticultire as important business line. The bendlet wavy is a representation of the Rhine.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 3 April 1989.
Jörg Majewski, 25 Sep 2009
![[Oberdiebach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-od.gif)
2:3 () image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Sep 2009
It is a white horizontal monocolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski,
![[Oberdiebach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-od_.gif)
5:2 () image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Sep 2009
It is a white vertical monocolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski,
![[Oberdiebach municipal banner in use]](../images/d/de-mz-04-od1_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Sep 2009
It is a white vertical monocolour with two blue vertical stripes and arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 26 Sep 2009
Shield parted per fess, above Azure a coronet Or and three lion´s heads of the same ordered 2:1, beneath lozengy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
Until 1361 the municipality used a seal of the four valley having the following circumscription: "S(igillum) Valliu(m) Bacharach, Dippach, Stege, Mannebach". The seal displayed the Palatine lion and the Bavarian lozenges. The lower half of the municipal arms also displays the lozenges. The upper half displays the old arms of the municipality, having been in use but without approval. It is also the symbol of the local association of winegrowers. The pattern was based on a tombstone of the former village mayor Ulrich Rulpen, who died in 1671. The princely coronet and the heads are also alluding to the former Fürstenberg Castle, which secured the possessions of the Palatine Electorate around Bacharach.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
The arms were approved on 24 April 1979 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Rheinhessen-Pfalz. The monocolours were approved on 3 April 1989 but are not in use. In use is the banner with blue stripes.
Jörg Majewski, 26 Sep 2009
![[Oberheimbach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-ob.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2009
It is a yellow-green-yellow horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the green stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2009
![[Oberheimbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-ob_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2009
It is a yellow-green-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the green stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2009
Shield Or a pale Gules charged with thee mitres Or, at dexter a demi-eagle Sable armed and tongued Gules couped per pale, at sinister a bunch of grapes Vert with leaf of the same.
Meaning:
The village had been an important place of wine growing for ages, which is represented by the grapes. The eagle is the imperial eagle alluding to the fact that the village belonged to extended imperial possessions in the Trechir Shire. He is also alluding to Preußen, to which the village belonged between 1816 and 1945. Very early the Bishopric of Toul owned local estates, which were acquired by the Benedictine Kornelimünster Imperial Abbey in 1060 and by the Convent of St. Mary of the Steps in Mainz in 1270. The owners are represented by the mitres.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 13 April 1992.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Sep 2009
![[Trechtingshausen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-tr.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2009
The flag is quartered of white and red with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2009
![[Trechtingshausen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-tr_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2009
The banner is off-centred quartered of white and red with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2009
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale, at dexter Gules a 6-spokes wheel Argent, at sinister Argent an anchor Sable in bend sinister; beneath Azure with wavelets Sable and three cockle boats Argent ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
The wheel displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Mainz, to which the village belonged from 1344 until 1798. The anchor is symbolising shipping and hauling and is an attribute of St. Clement, the local patron saint. The boats are symbolising the three neighbourhoods on the other bank of the Rhine, where the vineyards of the village had been, only approachable by boats.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 24 August 1998.
Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2009
![[Waldalgesheim municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-wa.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Sep 2009
The flag is quartered of green and yellow with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 29 Sep 2009
![[Waldalgesheim municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-wa_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Sep 2009
The banner is off-centred quartered of green and yellow with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 29 Sep 2009
Shield quartered, above right Or a pit lamp Sable hanging down from hammer and mallet in saltire of the same, 2nd quarter Sable a crowned lion rampant Or armed and tongued Gules, 3rd quarter Vert a fir Or issuant from a half triplemount Or in base, 4th quarter Or a deciduous tree Vert issuant from the other half triplemount Vert in base.
Meaning:
The village had been a possession of the Palatine Electors from the 14th century until 1803. The 2nd quarter displays a differentiated Palatine lion with golden crown instead of red. The tools are symbolising ore mining in the past. The lower half is canting, alluding to the 1st syllable Wald, which means forest.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 30 May 1988.
Jörg Majewski, 29 Sep 2009
![[Weiler bei Bingen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mz-04-wb.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2009
It is a white-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2009
![[Weiler bei Bingen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mz-04-wb_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2009
It is a white-red vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2009
Shield parted per fess of Gules and Argent a 6-spokes wheel in counterchanged tinctures.
Meaning:
Tinctures and wheel are alluding to the Archbishopric of Mainz, the former ruler.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 3 April 1989. The arms were approved on 25 May 1936 by province govenor (Oberpräsident) of the Prussian Rheinprovinz.
Jörg Majewski, 30 Sep 2009
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