Gladenbach City (Germany)

Stadt Gladenbach, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: gladenbach | parted per fess | demi-lion | saltire |
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Gladenbach City

Banner:
It is a vertical green-yellow-green tricolour. The coat of arms is in the yellow bannerhead.
inhabitants 12,548
Gießen District , state Hesse
on 1 July 1974 14 other villages were incorporated into Gladenbach city
banner approved on 8 May 1956 and 28 August 1975
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, 22 Sep 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Azure, a demi-lion issuant, barry of four of Argent and Gules, crowned and armed Or, beneath Vert a saltire Or.
Meaning:
The demi-lion is a modification of the arms of Hesse, as the city is part of Hesse since 1323. The saltire displays the arms of the Lords of Merenberg, a local kin.
The arms were approved in 1937.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.39
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 May 2017

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