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Melsungen City (Germany)

Stadt Melsungen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Melsungen city banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Oct 2006
approved 1967 See also:

Melsungen City

Banner:
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top. Beneath the shield is a black inscription "Melsungen".
inhabitants: 13,381
Werra-Meißner County
Kassel District , state Hesse
banner approved in 1967
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 25 Oct 2006


Variant

[Melsungen variant w/ bannerhead] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Oct 2006
approved 1963/64

Banner:
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is in a white bannerhead. Beneath the shield is a black inscription "Melsungen".
Jörg Majewski, 25 Oct 2006


Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, an embattled wall Argent masoned Sable with port Azure, crowned by a tower Argent masoned sable roofed Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city from 1267, which showed the same pattern but with two stars beside the tower and have been used since 1577. The second seal, from the 14th century omitted the stars.
The arms were approved in 1906.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.64
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2017


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