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Riedstadt Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Riedstadt, Landkreis Groß-Gerau, Darmstadt District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Riedstadt municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 14 June 2006
approved 14 January 1980 See also:

Riedstadt Municipality

Banner:
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
administration seat: Goddelau
inhabitants 21,408
Groß-Gerau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved on 14 January 1980
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski,

Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Azure a demi-lion issuant Argent, crowned, armed and tongued Gules; beneath Argent five lozenges Azure ordered 3:2.
Meaning:
The lozenges are representing former communes of Crummstadt, Erfelden, Goddelau, Leeheim and Wolfskehlen, merging on 1 January 1977. Acc. to phone call with the local administration the lion is a modification of the lion of Hesse.
Source: presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017

Goddelau Village

[Goddelau village flag] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 June 2006
unofficial, adopted 13 October 1959

Banner:
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
incorporated on 1 July 1973
Groß-Gerau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner adopted on 13 October 1959
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.39
Jörg Majewski, 16 June 2006

Goddelau Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a Patriarchal Cross Gules with basement of the same.
Meaning:
The cross probably was used in previous centuries as a village local sign of the village on boundary stones, and in the early 16th century and in 1679 it appeared on a local seal on top of a triplemount. Later the colours were added. They are the colours of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen, local rulers in the 14th century.
The arms were officially approved in 1925 by Minister of Interior of Volksstaat Hessen.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.39
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017

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