Limburg upon Lahn City (Germany)

Stadt Limburg an der Lahn, seat of Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Gießen District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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Limburg upon Lahn City

Banner:
It is a red-white-blue vertical tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
inhabitants 33,936
seat of Limburg-Weilburg county
Gießen District , state Hesse
city on 1 July 1974 incorporated several villages
banner adopted 11 Apr 1975, approved 1967
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski,

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a castle Argent with three embattled towers, the central tower is charged with an inescutcheon Azure charged with a fess checkered of Gules and Argent, accompanied by 13 horizontal billets Or, seven in chief and six in base.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the oldest known seal of the city. The seal is known since 1243 and displayed the three towers and a small shield with the arms of the Counts of Isenburg, former rulers of the city. In 1300 the Counts of Limburg acquired the city, and the above arms show the small shield with the arms of the Counts of Limburg. Later seals and images showed many different arms, mainly derived from the (complicated) arms of the different rulers of the city. The general composition of towers and shield, however, remained in use during the centuries.
The arms were approved first in 1908. After the municipal changes in the 1970s, the arms were officially approved on 11April 1975.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.61
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Apr 2017

Offheim Borough

Banner:
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of a white bannerhead.
approved 26 April 1967

Offheim, borough of Limburg upon Lahn
incorporated on 1 July 1974 (also see No. 94/287)
Limburg-Weilburg County
district Gießen [Giessen], state Hesse
banner approved on 26 April 1967
banner 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, 2 Sep 2006

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