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Keywords: wallerfangen | millrind | cross(lorraine) | star(6-point) |
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Last modified: 2020-03-20 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: wallerfangen | millrind | cross(lorraine) | star(6-point) |
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![[Wallerfangen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-ss-wf.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2020
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It is a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2020
![[Wallerfangen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ss-wf_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2020
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2020
Shield Azure, a millrind Argent, flanked in chief by a double armed cross or and in base by a 6-point star Or.
Meaning:
Wallerfangen gained city rights in the late 13th century, probably granted by Duke Friedrich III of Lothringen. It was seat of a German Ducal Authority (German: Oberamt) from the late Medieval until 1860, when Saarlouis became its successor and Wallerfangen descended to a mere village. The millrind could be found on local arms since 1608. The current pattern first appeared on a city seal with prints from 1614. The cross is a symbol of the Duchy of Lothringen and the star probably is symbolising the existence of an important regional court.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.77
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2020
The arms were approved on 6 April 1979.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2020
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