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It is a blue flag with a crowned yellow eagle in centre.
Source: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 28 Apr 2010, modified by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2023
It is a blue flag with a crowned yellow eagle at the top.
Source: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 28 Apr 2010, modified by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2023
Shield Azure an eagle Or crowned of the same and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
Germersheim had been a Free Imperial City. The privilehge was granted in 1276 by King Rudolf of Habsburg. The oldest city seals from 1412 and 1427 already displayed the one-headed imperial eagle. Germersheim became a possession of the Palatine Electorate in 1330, of France in 1793 and of Bayern in 1816. Nevertheless the seals remained the samne. In 1645 the eagle was first displayed with an additional crown by Caspar Merian. The eagle then had been black on a silver shield. The current tinctures were first mentioned in 1786.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.29
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 26 September 1984. The arms were granted in 1841 by King Ludwig I of Bayern.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2023
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