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It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 June 2010
It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 June 2010
Shield enhanced parted per fess wavy, above Argent two torteaux in fess, beneath Azure a fleur-de-lis Argent, orle of eight pieces alternatinf of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The torteaux are taken from the arms of the Kolb of Wartenberg family, local ruler of Mehlingen and Sembach. The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of St. Mary and appeared on seals of the Premonstratensian Enkenbach Nunnery since 1493. It may also refer to the Randeck family, who owned several estates in the area.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 2 September 1979. The arms were approved on 25 August 1978.
Jörg Majewski, 6 June 2010
It was a horizontal 5-stripes flag blue-white-blue-white-blue with ratio of stripes 1:1:1:1:1 and centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 June 2010
It was a vertical 5-stripes flag blue-white-blue-white-blue with ratio of stripes 1:1:1:1:1 and arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 11 June 2010
Shield Azure an eagle Argent armed and tongued Gules under a Greek crosslet of the same charged with an initial "H" Gules, mantled Argent, at dexter charged with a castle Azure on top of a triplemount issuant Argent and at dexter flanked by three lozenges Gules ordered 2:1, at sinister a fess wavy Azure charged with a fish Argent and flanked by three torteaux, one above anfd two below.
Meaning:
The arms are composed of elements of the arms of the four municipalities belonging to the entity. Castle and lozenges are taken from those of Frankenstein; fish and torteaux from those of Fischbach, the eagle from those of Hochspeyer and Waldleiningen and the cross from those of Hochspeyer.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 5 January 1993. The arms were approved on 26 February 1979. The symbols were abolished on 30 June 2014.
Jörg Majewski, 11 June 2010
It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 June 2010
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 June 2010
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Azure a well Or with a sinister facing lion issuant of the same at its top, at sinister Or a church Gules with roofs Azure.
Meaning:
The arms are basically the former arms of Enkenbach, approved in 1952. But the dexter half alone had also been the former arms of Alsenborn. It appeared first on a court seal of Alsenborn from the 16th century. Enkenbach belonged to its court district. The pattern was approved as municipal arms in 1927 by Minister of Interior of Bayern. As a distinguishing mark the local church was added to the arms of Enkenbach. The lion on the well is the Palatine lion.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.26
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 11 June 1976. The arms were approved on 28 November 1969.
Jörg Majewski, 7 June 2010
It is a white-red-white horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the red stripe.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 12 June 2010
It is a white-red-white vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the red stripe.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 12 June 2010
Shield Argent a crozier Or in pale, superimposed by a fess wavy Gules charged with a fish Argent, over all flanked by three torteaux, two in chief ordered per pale and one in base superimposing the crozier.
Meaning:
Fess wavy and fish are canting. The crozier is alluding to the chapel and a small settlement erected in 1471 by the Augustine Convent of Lippe in Westfalen. The settlement had been the origin of the village. The convent was abolished in 1564. The torteaux (red discs) and the fess wavy are a differentiation of the family arms of the Counts Kolb of Wartenberg, to whom the village belonged in the 18th century. They built a small hunting lodge in the area in 1777, which was destroyed in the 1790s. Their arms displayed the torteaux flanking a red fess charged with a golden hunting horn.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 30 June 1986. The arms were approved on 17 February 1960.
Jörg Majewski, 12 June 2010
It is a blue-white-blue horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:1:1 and centred arms.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 June 2010
It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the white stripe.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 June 2010
Shield Gules on top of a triplemount issuant Vert a castle Argent, mantled Azure, at dexter parted by a fess Or, at sinister three lozenges Argent ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
The arms were designed by Otto Hupp in 1926. He based the design on the two known old seals of the village, dating from 1743 and the 18th century. The first shows the local castle (ruins) and 3 square stones. The second shows a castle (not like a ruin) and three lozengy stones. The castle is the local castle, the stones are probably derived from the arms of the Lords von Waldbrunn, who partially owned the village in the 18th century. In the oldest seal the stones, however, were not shown as on the Waldbrunn arms. It is also doubtful whether the family already owned parts of the village, when the seal was made. The stones could also be interpreted as a canting element for the "stein" in the name. In any case the castle and the lozengy stones from the 2nd seal and the arms of the Lords of Waldbrunn were combined with the arms of the founders of the castle, the Lords of Frankenstein, who died out in 1360.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2010
The date of approval of flag and banner is unknown. The arms were approved on 2 November 1926 .
Jörg Majewski,
It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag red-white-red-white-red with ratio of stripes 1:2:1:2:1 and centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 14 June 2010
It is a vertical 5-stripes flag red-white-red-white-red with ratio of stripes 1:2:1:2:1 and arms shifted to top.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 14 June 2010
Shield parted per fess, above Azure an eagle Argent armed and tongued Gules, beneath Gules a Greek cross Argent charged with an initial "H" Gules.
Meaning:
The oldest (and only) seal of the village from 1743, and already displayed a shield with a cross, and above the shield an initial "H". The eagle is taken from the Counts of Leiningen-Dagsburg, to which the village historically belonged. They also used the cross, originally taken from the Aspremont Estate, as an inescutcheon on their arms since 1466. The cross, with or without initial, was also used on border stones in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 14 June 1985. The arms were approved on 4 March 1964 and confirmed on 26 February 1979.
Jörg Majewski, 14 June 2010
It is a blue horizontal monocolour with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 8 June 2010
It is a blue vertical monocolour with arms shifted to top..
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 8 June 2010
Shield Or with base Vert, a man statant dressed blue with jelly bag cap of the same, shoes Or, holding a mace Argent in bend sinister by his dexter hand.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a village seal from 1736. The man is taken from the crest of the arms of the Counts Kolb of Wartenberg. The mace (German also: Kolben) is a canting element. Its colour was changed from rd to silver.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 3 April 1978. The arms were approved on 7 March 1935 and confirmed on 14 November 1969.
Jörg Majewski, 8 June 2010
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 9 June 2010
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the white stripe.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 9 June 2010
Shield parted per pale; at dexter twice parted per fess of Azure, Argent and Gules; at sinister Gules a lion rampant guardant armed and tongued Azure.
Meaning:
The bars are taken from the arms of the Lords of Flersheim, former local rulers. The lion is takem from the family arms of their successors, the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein. The village seal from 1774 displayed the complete arms of the counts. In the middle of 20th century seal and arms displayed the local church standing above from a wavy bar. Those arms were never approved officially.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 2 March 1981. The arms were approved on 18 January 1958.
Jörg Majewski, 9 June 2010
The flag is quartered of yellow and red with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 10 June 2010
The flag is off-centred uartered of yellow and red with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 10 June 2010
Shield parted per fess; above Argent a man statant issunat dressed blue with jelly bag cap of the same, holding a mace Gules in bend sinister by his dexter hand; beneath Gules a horn Or; on heart point an inescutcheon Argent parted by a fess Gules flanked by two torteaux in fess above and one below.
Meaning:
The village belonged until the end of the 18th century to the Counts Kolb of Wartenberg. Their familyarms are displayed on the inescutcheon. The upper half displays a savage with a canting mace (German also: Kolben) from the crest of the family arms. The lower half shows a postal horn. The horn was added to the arms, after Count Johann Casimir Kolb vof Wartenberg (1643-1712), had become Postmaster-General in Prussia in 1702.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 2 September 1980. The arms were approved on 26 November 1954.
Jörg Majewski, 10 June 2010
It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag green-white-green-white-green with ratio of stripes 1:1:1:1:1 and centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
It is a vertical 5-stripes flag green-white-green-white-green with ratio of stripes 1:1:1:1:1 and arms shifted to top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
Shield Argent on top of a mount issuant Vert a deciduous tree of the same, superimposed by an impending axe Gules in bend sinister; mantled Azure on either side charged with an eagle Argent armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The lower half of the arms is canting, displaying a tree representing a forest (German: Wald). The two eagles are those from the family arms of the Counts of Leiningen, local rulers until 1793. The axe is symbolising the fact that the village was founded in the 19th century as a village for wood workers by forest clearance. It is also symbolising the importance of forestry and timber industry.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
The date of approval of flag and banner is unknown. The arms were approved on 30 March 1960.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Apr 2023
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