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Zerbst City (Germany)

Stadt Zerbst, Anhalt-Bitterfeld County, Saxony-Anhalt

Last modified: 2021-12-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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[City of Zerbst flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Feb 2007

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Zerbst City

Zerbst Flag

It is a red over white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source. §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Zerbst City, version 2 July 2014
Jörg Majewski, 3 Feb 2007

Zerbst Banner

[City of Zerbst banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Feb 2007

It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: §2(2) of Hauptsatzung of Zerbst City, version 2 July 2014
Jörg Majewski, 3 Feb 2007

Zerbst City Colours 1896

[Zerbst city colours 1896] 1:2 Zerbst city colours 1896 image by Tomislav Todorović, 21 Apr 2019

The colours were cinnabar and white, granted in 1896 by Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt.
Source: Anhaltischer Staats-Anzeiger, edition 7.11.1896, Dessau
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2019

Zerbst Coat of Arms

[City of Zerbst CoA] image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Feb 2007

Shield Argent, an embattled throughout city wall Gules masoned Sable with gate lodge Gules having a roof Azure, port and windows Sable, open portcullis Azure, on the wall five embattled towers Gules with windows Sable, each one topped by a cone roof Azure, topped by a crosslet Or; the wall is charged with two inescutcheons: 1) the dexter one parted per pale; at dexter Argent, a demi-eagle Gules armed Or and couped per pale; at sinister barry of 10 of Sable and Or charged with a crancelin Vert; 2) the sinister one Argent, a bendy embattled wall Gules with door Argent, on embattlements a bear passant Sable crowned and collared Or
Meaning:
Wall and towers are stressing the rank of a city. The right inescutcheon displays the arms of Brandenburg (demi-eagle, modification), Saxony (crancelin). The left inescutcheon displays the arms of Anhalt.
Source: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of Zerbst City, version 2 July 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Aug 2018

Lindau City Borough Banner

[Zerbst-Lindau (Anhalt) ] 5:2image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2021

It is a green-white vertical bicolour. the coat of arms is shifted towards the top. It could be easily mismatched with the banner of Lindau upon Bodensee. Both have nearly the same banner. The only difference is the number of leaves and the green base on shield
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2019

Lindau City Colours 1896

[Lindau (Anhalt) city colours 1896] 1:2 Lindau city colours 1896 image by Tomislav Todorović, 21 Apr 2019

The colours were green and white, granted in 1896 by Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt.
Source: Anhaltischer Staats-Anzeiger, edition 7.11.1896, Dessau
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2019

The arms were approved on 9 February 1995, banner and flag were approved on 24 July 1995, all by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Dessau.
Thomas Rystau, 9 Dec 2018

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