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Jesberg Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Jesberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Jesberg municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Oct 2006
approved 3 November 1988 See also:

Jesberg Municipality

Banner:
It is a green-white-green-yellow-green-white-green vertical triband with ratio of stripes 9:2:9:64:9:2:9. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
inhabitants: 2347
Werra-Meißner County
Kassel District , state Hesse
banner approved on 3 November 1988
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 20 Oct 2006


Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, an embattled tower Argent, charged with an inescutcheon Gules, three bars Azure, charged with 7 plates ordered 3:3:1. The tower is flanked in orle by a wreath of six oak leaves Or and four acorns of the same.
Meaning:
The inescutcheon displays the arms of the Barons (later Counts) of Linsingen. The family erected Jesberg Castle, called "The Linsing", around 1200.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2017


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