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Oestrich-Winkel City (Germany)

Stadt Oestrich-Winkel, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse

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image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Aug 2006
approved 6 January 1988

Oestrich-Winkel City
Coat of Arms
Oestrich Borough
Oestrich Coat of Arms
Winkel Borough Coat of Arms

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County and Municipal Flags (Hesse / Hessen)
Hesse (Hessen)
Rheingau-Taunus County
Germany

Oestrich-Winkel City

Banner:
White with vertical blue edges, divided by thin white lines. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
inhabitants 11,921
Rheingau-Taunus County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
city formed on 1 July 1972 by 3 villages
banner approved on 6 January 1988
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 16 Aug 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, a wolf trap (= a mirrored capital "Z") flanked by two 6-point stars Or.
Meaning:
The arms are those of former municipality of Mittelheim. The "Z" is actually a so-called wolf trap, a symbol used by the village on boundary stones since 1706 and in lesser seals until 1802. The oldest known use of a seal for the village dates from 1448, but the oldest existing seal dates from the 17th century. It displays St. Aegidius, the local patron saint, with his attributes book, crozier and hind.
The current pattern was in use since 1895 and was approved in 1965 (for Mittelheim) by Minister of Interior of Hesse.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.65
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 May 2017

Oestrich Borough

5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Aug 2006
approved 1967

Banner:
It is plain blue, the coat of arms is shifted to the top.
incorporated on 1 July 1972
Rheingau-Taunus County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved 1967
banner inofficial, 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,

Oestrich Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, two 6-spokes wheels Argent ordered per pale connected by a crosslet of the same.
Meaning:
The arms display the arms of Mainz, as the town was a dominion the Archbishopric of Mainz. The seals of the town still displayed from 1340-1627 St. Martin and the beggar, the patron saint of Mainz. The two wheels first appear in the 17th century on the seals, but have been used in the town since the early 16th century (on stones in the local church) and in the journal of the local court of justice in 1591.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.73
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 May 2017

Winkel Borough Coat of Arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 May 2017

Shield Gules, an angle iron Argent. I couldn't find any flag information.
Meaning:
The arms are canting, as the angle iron is called "Winkel" in German. The angle has been used on seals and boundary stones of the village since the 15th century. The colours are the colours of the Archbishops of Mainz, the former rulers.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.94
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 May 2017

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