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Kelkheim (Taunus) City (Germany)

Stadt Kelkheim (Taunus), Main-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse

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image by Jörg Majewski, 27 July 2006
approved 22 October 1964 and 2 January 1978

Kelkheim (Taunus) City
Coat of Arms

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (Hesse / Hessen)
Hesse (Hessen)
Main-Taunus County
Germany

Kelkheim (Taunus) City

Banner:
It is a red-white-red vertical 3-stripes banner, the ratio of the stripes is approx. 3:7.3. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
inhabitants 26,945
Main-Taunus County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved 22 October 1964 and 2 January 1978
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 27 July 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield quartered of Gules and Argent, 1st quarter a 6-spokes wheel Argent, 2nd quarter a postal horn Gules, 3rd and 4th quarter a horseshoe in counterchanged colours.
Meaning:
The settlement gained city rights in 1938 on occasion of the merger of the villages of Kelkheim, Münster and Hornau. The arms were approved in 1950, the banner in 1954. The wheel of Mainz was part of the old court seals of Hornau (1581) and Münster (1694). The horn is taken from the arms of Hornau. The horseshoe is the old village symbol of Kelkheim.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.55
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

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