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Last modified: 2020-03-10 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: voelklingen | lion(yellow) | billets | pliers | hammer and mallet |
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
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It is a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
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5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent, hammer and mallet Sable intertwined with pliers reversed of the same, at sinister Azure semy of billets Or a lion rampant Or armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The village was mentioned in 822 as a royal estate. It gained a village statute (Dorfordnung) in 1737 and gained city rights in 1936, when surrounding minor villages were incorporated. The dexter half is symbolising mining, especially black coal mining and iron mongery. The lion is that one of Nassau in the usual version, i.e. golden. Clemens Stadler (1966) displays the lion without surrounding billets. The lion is alluding to the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.78
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
The colours of the flag were approved in 1954. The arms without billets were approved on 17 April 1936. The current arms were approved on 8 July 1975.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020
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