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Kelsterbach City (Germany)

Stadt Kelsterbach, Landkreis Groß-Gerau, Darmstadt District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Kelsterbach city banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 June 2006
approved 31 March 1952 See also:

Kelsterbach City

Banner:
On a recent trip to Frankfurt I stayed at a lovely hotel in the village of Kelsterbach, Kreis Groß-Gerau (near the airport). In the center of town there was a small flag display, including Kelsterbach, a red-white-red triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:3:1 with the Kelsterbach arms shifted to top within the central stripe. All of the flags were vertical.
inhabitants: 15,721
Groß-Gerau County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approved on 31 March 1952
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Stefan Schwoon, 24 July 2001, Jörg Majewski, 16 June 2006 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017


Coat of Arms

Shield Sable, an oak branch Argent thrice acorned Or.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.55
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017


Meaning:
The oak tree is the symbol of the former Imperial Forest of Dreieich (three-oaks), to which the village historically belonged. The tinctures were fixed in 1925 on occasion of the approval of the arms, they are those of the arms of the Counts of Isenburg, who ruled the village for a long time since 1418.
The arms were granted in 1925.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.55
Santiago Dotor, 1 July 2003


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