Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Griesheim city banner]](../images/d/de-da-gh_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 31 May 2006
Banner:
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
inhabitants 25,391
Darmstadt-Dieburg County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved on 3 March 1975
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 31 May 2006
Shield Gules, a goose foot Or, above the foot a heraldic rose Argent, barbed Argent and seeded Or, a horseshoe Argent is surrounding the other elements.
Meaning:
Griesheim gained city rights in 1965. The oldest seal of the village, dating from the 16th century displays a horseshoe over an arrow-shaped village symbol. In the next seal, known from 1649, the latter had changed into a goosefoot. The rose also appeared in 1649, it is interpreted as a symbol of the local court. The colours were fixed in 1915.
The coat of arms was approved on 3 March 1975
Source: Stadler 1967, p.41
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 May 2017
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