Last modified: 2017-03-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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inhabitants 35,189
Offenbach county
district Darmstadt, state Hesse
flag adopted 15th June 1959
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission.
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 1 Aug 2006
It is a white banner with red vertical edges. The coat of arms is in the white field and shifted to the top.
Jörg Majewski, 2 Aug 2006
Shield Or an oak branch Vert with three acorns Gules, in base superimposed by a cutten branch Sable.
Meaning:
The arms were approved in 1959, but are based on a seal dating from 1622. The town was situated in the middle of the Dreieich Forest, which was an Imperial possession. The horizontal stick is a local symbol to distinguish the arms from other arms in the area (such as Egelsbach). The colours were not officially determined until 1959 and many different combinations occur.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.59
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2017
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