Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a green-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
inhabitants 5,362
Bergstraße County
Darmstadt 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, 24 June 2006
Shield Argent, issuant from a triplemount vert a linden tree of the sam; over all an inescutcheon Sable, charged with a lion rampant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the oldest known seals. Lindenfels gained city and market rights in 1336, but the oldest known seal dates from the 16th century. It displays a canting linden tree on a mountain (Fels = rock) and a small shield with the arms of the Palatinate, quartered with the lozenges of Bavaria. The city belonged to the Palatinate since 1277. Two other seals are known, one with a similar composition, and one with only a linden tree. When the new arms were devised, the small shield was simplified and shows only the lion of the Palatinate . Otto Hupp however displayed erroneously the lion of Hesse instead.
The arms were approved in 1925.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.62
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2017
Banner:
The banner is off-centred quartered of green and white. The coat of arms is on the common point of all quarters.
incorporated on 1 August 1972
Bergstraße County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner adopted on 3 December 1968
banner unofficial, 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, 27 June 2006
Shield Gules, a bend Argent, charged with three beech leaves Vert, in sinister chief a gaffer's (i.e. a glassblower) sign Argent.
The arms were approved on 3 December 1968.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2017
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