Last modified: 2023-05-13 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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![[VG Diez banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03_.gif)
5:2 
image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Mar 2011
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The arms are on the middle of the red stripe, which has double width.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Mar 2011
Shield Gules issuant from a base wavy of Azure nad Or a castle Or, orle Or charged with 24 huerts.
Meaning:
The castle is a representation of Diez Castle in the seat of the associated municipality. Each huert is representing one of its municipalities. The blue part of the base is a representation of the Lahn River.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 14 June 1972.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Mar 2011
The following municipalities have no proper banners: Aull, Charlottenberg, Cramberg, Eppenrod, Geilnau, Hambach, Hirschberg, Horhausen, Isselbach, Langenscheid, Steinsberg and Wasenbach.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
![[Altendiez municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-az_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Mar 2011
It is a white vertical monocolour with arms shifted to top and above a centred inscription in black initials "GEMEINDE" (1st line) "ALTENDIEZ".
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 Mar 2011
Shield Vert with base Sable a pear tree Argent fruited Or.
Meaning:
The tree is a representation of the so called "land of pears" (local German: Bimbesland).
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 7 Mar 2011
![[Balduinstein municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-ba_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Mar 2011
It is a red vertical monocolour parted by an off-centred white cross with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 Mar 2011
Shield parted by a facetted cross patty Gules, 2nd and 3rd quarter Or, 1st and 4th quarter Argent three crosslets patty Sable ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
The arms are probabaly alluding to Archbishop Balduin of Trier, name giver of the municipality.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 21 May 1996. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 7 Mar 2011
![[Birlenbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-bi_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 8 Mar 2011
It is a blue-white-green vertical tricolour with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The white stripe is charged with the arms of Birlenbach above and those of Fachingen below. Above from both shield is a black embowed inscription, writing the names.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 8 Mar 2011
Shield Azure on base Vert two grain sheaves Or in saltire
Shield Or a wyvern rampant Vert armed Gules with head tierced by a lance flambant Gules.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner is in use since 2004.
Jörg Majewski, 8 Mar 2011
![[Diez city banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-dz_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 9 Mar 2011
It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 9 Mar 2011
Shield Gules two lions passant guardant Or armed and tongued Azure ordered per pale.
Meaning:
The city arms had been those of the Counts of Diez, who died out in 1388. The counts founded the settlement around 1070 and granted city rights in 1329. Their arms appeared on all local seals since the 15th century.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.24
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown. The arms were approved in 1906.
Jörg Majewski, 9 Mar 2011
![[Dörnberg municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-db_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 9 Mar 2011
It is a yellow-black-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 3:5:3 and arms shifted to top on the black stripe.
Source: DGF-Informationen 45
Jörg Majewski, 9 Mar 2011
Shield Or an urn Sable.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 24 March 2009.
Jörg Majewski, 9 Mar 2011
![[Gückingen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-gk_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 10 Mar 2011
The banner is parted of yellow and blue by an ascending diagonal with arms in canton.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 10 Mar 2011
Shield Vert a dove trippant reguardant Argent holding an olive branch Or by her beak.
Meaning:
The arms are based on local seals in use from 1816 until the 20th century.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 1 December 1993.
Jörg Majewski, 10 Mar 2011
![[Heistenbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-he_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 10 Mar 2011
It is a blue banner with centred arms on a broad ascending yellow diagonal stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 10 Mar 2011
Shield Gules, on top of a mount issuant Vert an eradicated linden.
Meaning:
The linden is a rpresentation of a local tree at the municipal well, which had been destroyed in 1819 by a storm.
Source: Siegfried Heinze´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 20 August 1997. The arms are in use since 1816.
Jörg Majewski, 10 Mar 2011
![[Holzappel municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-hz_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
Shield Argent a griffin cowed Gules armed and tongued Or and holding an apple Gules stemmed and crowned Or by his dexter forepaw.
Meaning:
The current arms are in use since 1688, when Hozappel gained city rights. Its name then had been Esten and it had been capital of the manorial district of Esterau. The district gained the status of an imperial county (German: Reichsgrafschaft), after it had been bought by Peter Melander Count of Holzappel and imperial fieldmarshal in 1643. The apple is a canting element and is symbolising the status under direct imperial rule. The first seal from 1533 dispalyed St. John the Baptist with book and lamb. The current arms are based on the family arms of the counts. The city became a possession of Nassau in 1806 and lost the status of a city in 1885.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.34
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner is in use unofficially. The arms were approved in 1950.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
![[Holzheim (Aar) municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-ho_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Mar 2011
It is a white-green vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 Mar 2011
Shield parted per pale of Vert and Argent an eradicated tree in counterchanged tinctures.
Meaning:
The tree is a canting element and is taken from the only known seal of the village from 1816. The tree is representing a wood (German also: Holz). The tinctures were chosen arbitrarily and the field was parted in order to distinguish the arms from similar arms showing only a tree.
Source: H. Knodt:"Hessisches Ortswappenbuch", vols.1+2, Glücksburg 1956
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
The banner was approved on 12 March 1984. The arms were proposed in 1956.
Jörg Majewski, 11 Mar 2011
![[Laurenburg municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-lr_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Mar 2011
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour with arms in canton on the blue stripe
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 Mar 2011
Shield Or hammer and mallet proper in saltire superimposed by a pit lamp Sable with glasses Argent.
Meaning:
Municipal seals displayed a miner with pit lamp in his dexter hand and a hammer in his sinister hand since 1816. The proposal of the arms took the tools and added the mallet, a common symbol of mining. The charges are symbolising local mining. Laurenburg had been ancestral seat of the Counts of Nassau before 1100, when their castle in Nassau was finished. Since 1633 the village belonged to the County of Holzappel. Since then it had no proper seals until the 19th century.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 7 April 1993.
Jörg Majewski, 11 Mar 2011
![[Scheidt municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-03-sd_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 12 Mar 2011
The banner is yellow with centred arms, parted above by a horizontal green line and below by a horizontal embowed blue line.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 12 Mar 2011
Shield Vert a beehive Or.
Meaning:
The beehive is symbolising diligence and acquittal of the inhabitants of the village.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 3 March 2009.
Jörg Majewski, 12 Mar 2011
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