Last modified: 2023-05-06 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: lahnstein | niederlahnstein | oberlahnstein | cross(red) | wheel | anchor | mural crown |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
![[Lahnstein city flag]](../images/d/de-rl-lh.gif)
2:3 
image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2011
See also:
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2011
![[Lahnstein city banner]](../images/d/de-rl-lh_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2011
It is a banner of arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2011
Shield parted by a centred cross Gules, over all a 6-spokes wheel Or.
Meaning:
The cross is representing the former city of Niederlahnstein and the Archbishopric of Trier, to which the city historically belonged. The wheel is representing the former city of Oberlahnstein and the Archbishopric of Mainz, to which the city historically belonged.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 May 2023
The date of approval of flag and banner is unknown. The arms were approved on 2 March 1970.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 May 2023
![[Niederlahnstein borough flag]](../images/d/de-rl-lh-nl.gif)
2:3 
image by Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2011
It was a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 20 Feb 2011
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Argent parted by a centred cross Gules, at sinister Gules an anchor Argent.
Meaning:
The village had been a possession of the Archbishopric of Trier, in the arms represented by the dexter half, in the 11th century. The archbishops gained complete control in 1256 and granted city rights in 1332. Local seals of lay judges since 1341 thus only displayed the cross of the archbishopric. This pattern appeared in the 17th century also on local measures of capacity. In 1803 the anchor was added onto local seals. It stressed the importance of shipping at the confluence of Rhine and Lahn and was thus somehow alluding to the name. Under the rule of the Dukes of Nassau the city was downgraded to a market town in 1803, but city rights were regained in 1885. The tinctures red and white are those of the archbisopric. The shield is topped by a mural crown.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.48
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 May 2023
The flag colours are traditional. The arms were approved in 1910 by Prussian Minister of State.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 May 2023
![[Oberlahnstein borough flag]](../images/d/de-rl-lh-ol.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Feb 2011
It was a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 21 Feb 2011
Shield Gules two 6-spokes wheels Argent in pale connected by a crosslet of the same.
Meaning:
The arms are derived from those of the Archbishopric of Mainz, which gained the sovereignty in the early 14th century and granted city rights in 1324. The pattern first appeared on a local seal of lay judges, according to its circumscription made in 1366. It is not known, whether former seals from 1258 and 1317 displayed the same pattern, as there existed no prints. In the 18th century seals displayed only a cross patty superimposed by the wheel of the archbishopric. All city symbols between 1803 and 1887 omitted the wheel. The tinctures red and white are those of the archbisopric.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.49
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 May 2023
The flag colours are traditional. The arms were confirmed in 1908.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 May 2023
back to Rhein-Lahn cities and municipalities click here