Wadern City (Germany)

Stadt Wadern, Landkreis Merzig-Wadern, Saarland

Last modified: 2020-03-12 by klaus-michael schneider
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Wadern City

Wadern Flag

It is a red-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Wadern Banner

It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Wadern Coat of Arms

Shield Gules Vairé of 12 Or ordered 5:4:3, chief Argent parted by cross Gules.
Meaning:
The chief displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Trier, to which four villages historically belonged. The (heraldic) fur is representing the 12 villages, which historically belonged to the Lordship of Dagstuhl under direct imperial rule (German: Reichsherrschaft).
Source: German WIKIPEDIA and Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Wadern Flag (1962 - 1974)

It is a yellow-red horizontal bicolour with centred old arms.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.78
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Wadern Banner (1962 - 1974)

It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour with old arms shifted to the top.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.78
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Wadern Coat of Arms (1962 - 1974)

Shield Or, a wolf trap Gules in pale flanked by a pair of antlers of the same, chief Gules a petasos Or.
Meaning:
The wolf trap is taken from the family arms of the Lords of Soetern, who acquired castle and Lordship of Dagstuhl, to which Wadern historically belonged, in the 17th century. The trap is also part of the arms of the Counts of Oettingen-Baldern, successors of the lords. The petasos, i.e. the winged helmet of Roman God Mercury, is stressing the importance of economy and commerce, as Wadern is the economic centre in the western part of Hochwald, a forest. The antlers are representing the 12 municipalities of the Lordship of Dagstuhl. They became part of the arms of the counts around 1775, introduced by Count Josef Anton of Oettingen-Soetern. Wadern gained city rights on 1 July 1978.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.78
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

The current arms were approved on 11 October 1974, being the arms of the namesake subcounty (Amt) before. The flag colours were approved in 1962 together with the previous arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Wadern Carnival Flag

Some weeks ago I was in Wadern. The city hall flew a plain red-yellow-green flag.
Stefan Schwoon, 4 Apr 2001

According to the city administration it probably was a carnival flag.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2020

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