Last modified: 2020-03-20 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: st.ingbert | rohrbach | hammer and mallet | cogwheel | bend(barry-bendy) | lion(yellow) | miner | church | fleur-de-lis | cross(black) | bulrush |
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![[St. Ingbert city flag]](../images/d/de-sp-si.gif)
3:5 
image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Mar 2020
It is a black-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
![[St. Ingbert city banner]](../images/d/de-sp-si_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Mar 2020
It is a black-red vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
Shield parted by a (broad) bend paly bendy of Argent and Azure, charged with a lion passant Or armed and tongued Gules in bend, above left Sable a cogwheel Argent superimposing hammer and mallet of the same, beneath right Gules a miner dressed in workwear Sable holding a mallet Argent in bend sinister.
Meaning:
Bend and lion are the symbols of Bavaria, which ruled the city until the early 20th century. The tools are alluding to industries, especially mining. The miner is also alluding to mining.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
![[ flag (1947 - 1976)]](../images/d/de-sp-si947.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
It was a black-red horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.76
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
![[ banner (1947 - 1976)]](../images/d/de-sp-si947_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
It was a black-red vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.76
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
Shield parted by a cross patty Or, 1st quarter Sable hammer and mallet Argent in saltire, 2nd quarter Gules three fleur de lis Or ordered 2:1, 3rd quarter Gules a chapel Argent roofed Azure and the belfry topped by a crosslet Or on a ball of the same on top of a triplemount Vert issuant from base, 4th quarter Sable a cogwheel Argent.
Meaning:
The chapel in the 3rd quarter is a representation of that one dedicated to St. Ingbert, name giver of the city. Hammer and mallet are symbolising mining, the cogwheel iron industries. The lilies are taken from the arms of the Knights of St. Ingbrecht, a local kin.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.76
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
The current arms were granted by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and adopted by the local council on 7 July 1886. They were abolished in 1947 and approved again on 12 May 1976 by Minister of Interior of Saarland. The flag colours and the interim arms were approved in 1947.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
![[Rohrbach borough flag]](../images/d/de-sp-si-rb.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Mar 2020
It was a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
![[Rohrbach borough banner]](../images/d/de-sp-si-rb_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Mar 2020
It was a blue-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
Shield Azure with base wavy Argent, a cogwheel Or betwwen two bulrushes issuant of the same, chief Or parted by a cross Sable.
Meaning:
The colours black and yellow are those of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, blue and white are those of Bavaria (Bayern). The village had been part of the Zweibrücken branch of the Palatinate and since 1816 of Bavaria. The cross is alluding to the Bishopric of Speyer and also representing local crossroads. Base and bulrushes together are canting, the name of the municipality means "creek of bulrushes". The cogwheel is symbolising industries, especially ironwork.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.75
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
Flag colours and arms were approved in 1962.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020
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