Rothenberg Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Rothenberg, Odenwaldkreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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Rothenberg Municipality

Banner:
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
inhabitants 2,517
Odenwald County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved on 7 October 1981
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 Or a demi-eagle Sable armed and tongued Gules, beneath Gules an acorn Or flanked by a pair of antlers of the same.
Meaning:
n 1535 the village the Lords of Hirschhorn gained the village as an Imperial loan. The demi-eagle is a modification of the Imperial eagle, while the antlers are a modification of the arms of the Lords of Hirschhorn.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2017

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