Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Biebertal municipal banner]](../images/d/de-gi-bi_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Aug 2006
Banner:
It is a vertical red-yellow-red 3-stripes banner with ratio approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the yellow stripe.
administration seat: Rodheim-Bieber
inhabitants 10,285
Gießen county
district Gießen , state Hesse
municipality formed at 1st December 1970 by 7 villages
flag approved 22 October 1980 by Minister of Interior of Hesse
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Jörg Majewski, 24 Aug 2006
Shield parted per pale, dexter half Gules a bever rampant sinister facing Or tongued Gules, sinister half Or a fox rampant Gules, chief Gules charged with a coronet Or.
Meaning:
The coronet was alluding to the "civitas Regiomontana""(= Königsberg / King's Mountain) and appeared already in seals of the 16th century. The fox was approved as a symbol of the former Fellingshausen municipality in 1969, as its inhabitants traditionally were called "red foxes" or "redheads". The beaver (German: Bieber) as a canting element was taken from the arms of Rodheim-Bieber in 1968.
The coat of arms was approved on 20 February 1974 by Minister of Interior of Hesse. The arms were designed by Heinz Ritt.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Mar 2017
![[Rodheim-Bieber village flag]](../images/d/de-gi-bi-rb_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Aug 2006
Banner:
It is a vertical red-yellow-red 3-stripes banner with ratio approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the yellow stripe.
incorporated on 1 December 1970
Gießen County
district Gießen, state Hesse
banner approved on 20 March 1964
banner unofficial, used for traditional purposes only
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 29 Aug 2006
Shield Sable, a beaver rampant Or tongued Gules, in chief a mattock Or and an axe Or in saltire.
Meaning:
The beaver (German: Bieber) is a canting element representing Bieber. The tools are representing Rodheim. The name has to do with forest clearance.
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2017
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