Last modified: 2023-07-06 by 
klaus-michael schneider
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image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Oct 2009
The flag is green divided by an ascending white diagonal. The coat of arms is on centre of the flag,
Source: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 Oct 2009
Shield enhanced parted per fess, above Argent parted by a cross Gules; beneath chequered of Argent and Gules with mantle, at dexter Or a crayfish Gules, at sinister two overlapping keys Argent in pale.
Meaning:
The red cross of the Archbishopric of Trier and the crayfish from the personal arms of Nicolaus Cusanus are taken from the arms of the former Bernkastel County. Nicolaus Cusanus or Nikolaus of Kues had been a German philosopher, theologian, cardinal, mathematician and physicist. He was born 1401 in Kues, today part of Bernkastel-Kues. The quarter with the keys displays the city arms of Wittlich. The chequered shield of the Farther County of Sponheim is taken from the arms of the former Wittlich County and is also part of the city arms of Traben-Trarbach.
Source: Stadler 1972, p.112
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 July 2023
The flag was approved on 19 March 1984. The arms were approved on 21 December 1971.
Jörg Majewski, 7 Oct 2009
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