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klaus-michael schneider
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![[VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain flag]](../images/d/de-ak-02.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
It is a yellow-red-yellow horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the red stripe.
Source: this online newspaper
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
![[VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain banner]](../images/d/de-ak-02_.gif)
2:1 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
It is a yellow-red-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the red stripe.
Source: this online newspaper
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
Shield Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or armed and tongued Azure; mantled, at dexter Gules three lozenges Argent in bend sinister, at sinister Sable a bend Argent charged with three boar heads Sable.
Meaning:
The lion displays the family arms of the Counts of Sayn, the bend with boar heads those of the Lords of Freusburg and the lozenges those of the Knights of Gebhardshain. The tinctures red, black and golden are those of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Source: this online newspaper
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 7 March 2022. The arms were approved on 10 July 2021.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
The following municipalities have no proper banners: Dickendorf, Elben, Fensdorf, Gebhardshain, Grünebach, Kausen, Malberg, Molzhain and Steinebach upon Sieg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
![[Alsdorf municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ak-02-ad_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
It is a green-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
Shield parted by a bend sinister Argent charged with three lozenges Sable, above right Gules hammer and mallet Or in saltire, beneath left Vert a millwheel Or with four spokes, base wavy Or.
Meaning:
The three lozenges are taken from the seal of Wilhelm of Alsdorf from 1453. The upper half is symbolising ore mining, the lower half is alluding to the fact that Alsdorf in the 19th century had been a major industrial site especially of smelting, based on water power of the rivers Daade and Heller.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
The date of approval of the symbols is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
![[Betzdorf city banner]](../images/d/de-ak-02-bt_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
It is a green-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Gules a double queued lion rampant guardant Or tongued Gules, at sinister Sable a bend Argent charged with three boar heads Sable.
Meaning:
Betzdorf gained city rights in 1953. The dexter half displays a slight differentiation of the arms of the Counts of Sayn, who acquired the region around 1220. The sinister half displays the arms of their predecessors, the Lords of Freusburg.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.18
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
The banner is in use at least since 1966. The arms are in use since 1936 and were confirmed in 1959.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
![[Elkenroth municipal flag]](../images/d/de-ak-02-ek.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:4:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
![[Elkenroth municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ak-02-ek_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2023
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:4:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Neue Flaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz" in "Der Flaggenkurier Nr.40/2014", pp.15-19
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2023
Shiled Gules three lozenges Argent in bend sinister under a heraldic rose Argent seeded Or and barbed Vert, chief parted per fess embattled of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The three diamonds are taken from the arms of the Knights of Gebhardshain, who had several possessions in the area. The chief is representing the local castle, owned by the Gevertzhagen kin since 1220. The rose is an attribute of St. Elizabeth, patron saint of village and church.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
The date of approval flag and banner is unknown. The arms were approved in 1987.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
![[Nauroth municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ak-02-na_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
It is a red banner with arms shifted to top and above continuing the rays from the shield in counterchanged colours.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
Shield Gules a sun radiant Or issuant from base, charged with three lozenges Gules in fess and a hawthorn branch Vert blossomed Argent.
Meaning:
The lozenges are a differentiation of the arms of the Knights of Gebhardshain, who owned some possessions in Nauroth since around 1400. The hawthorn branch is taken from the arms of the Cistercian Marienstatt Abbey, which also had possessions in the municipality. Nauroth was first mentioned in a document of the abbey in 1222. The upper part of the arms shows a sun, taken from a decoration on the gable of a house in Nauroth built around 1600 and demolished in 1964.
Source: municipal heraldry page
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 25 June 1993.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
![[Rosenheim (Westerwald) municipal flag]](../images/d/de-ak-02-ro.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
It is a red-white-red horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
![[Rosenheim (Westerwald) municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ak-02-ro_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the white stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
Shield Gules three lozenges Argent in bend, issuant from dexter base five descending hexagonal columns of Sable and Argent, on sinister chief hammer and mallet Argent hafted Sable in saltire.
Meaning:
The lozenges are taken from the arms of the Knights of Gebhardshain, former local rulers. Hammer and mallet are symbolising ore mining, finished in 1906. The colums are symbolising the depletion of basalt, finished in 1976.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 25 August 1988.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
![[Scheuerfeld municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ak-02-sf_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
It is a banner of arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
Shield parted by a bend Argent charged with three lozenges Sable, above left Azure three grain ears Or in fan, beneath right Gules a mattock Or in bend, chief wavy Or.
Meaning:
The chief is a representation of the Sieg River. The bend with lozenges is taken from the arms of the Lords of Seelbach, who owned estates in the area, and who were related to the Lords of Alsdorf. The ears are symbolising agriculture, the farming community and three former local estates. The mattock is symbolising surface mining, which had been practised since times of the Romans.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 4 November 1992.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2009
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