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Last modified: 2017-03-07 by klaus-michael schneider
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5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 July 2006
administration seat: Zellhausen
inhabitants 9,155
Offenbach county
Darmstadt District, state Hesse
municipality formed on 1 January 1977 from 2 villages
flag adopted 28 December 1982
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 28 July 2006
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the top.
Jörg Majewski, 28 July 2006
The shield is quartered of Gules and Argent. In the 1st quarter is a barrulet wavy Argent, above the barrulet is a horse forcene Argent armed and tailed Or. In the 2nd quarter is a wheel Gules. In the 3rd quarter is a stylised radio tower Gules. In the 4th quarter is a fir cone Argent.
Meaning:
Horse and barrulet are representing the former Mainflingen municipality, the fir cone the former Zellhausen municipality. The wheel is alluding to the Archbishops of Mainz, the former rulers. The tower probably is alluding to Hesse broadcasting. Mainhausen had no proper arms from 1977 until 1982. The new arms were approved by Minister of Interior of Hesse on 1 March 1982. The arms were designed by Norbert Roth.
Source: municipal heraldry webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2017
![[Mainflingen banner]](../images/d/de-of-ma-mf_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 July 2006
Mainflingen, municipality part of Mainhausen
incorporated on 1 January 1977
Offenbach county
Darmstadt District, state Hesse
flag adopted 25 October 1956
flag inofficial, used for traditional purposes only
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 29 July 2006
It is a red-white-red vertical 3-stripes banner with ratio approx. 3:7:3 and the coat of arms shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Jörg Majewski,, 29 July 2006
The shield is Gules, displaying a barrulet wavy Argent, above the barrulet is a horse forcene Argent armed and tailed Or.
Meaning:
The barrulet is representing Main River. The horse is reminding on the hauling shipping, which was done by horses. The horse in the arms is sung about by a poem (in Hesse dialect) of Eduard Stock (1861-1928). The arms were approved by Minister of Interior of Hesse on 2 June 1955.
Source: municipal heraldry webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2017
![[Zellhausen banner]](../images/d/de-of-ma-zh_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 July 2006
Zellhausen, municipality part of Mainhausen
incorporated on 1 January 1977
Offenbach county
Darmstadt District, state Hesse
flag adopted 9 May 1955
flag inofficial, used for traditional purposes only
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 30 July 2006
It is a red-white-red vertical 3-stripes banner with ratio approx. 3:7:3 and the coat of arms shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Jörg Majewski, 30 July 2006
he shield is Gules displaying a fir cone Argent.
Meaning:
The cone is alluding to cone pickers, which used cones in bad times for heating. The arms were designed by Georg Massoth. The arms were approved by Minister of Interior of Hesse on 5 November 1954.
Source: municipal heraldry webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2017
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