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Nastätten Associated Municipality - part 1 (B - M) (Germany)

Verbandsgemeinde Nastätten, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz

Last modified: 2023-05-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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[VG Nastätten banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2011
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Nastätten Associated Municipality / (Verbandsgemeinde Nastätten)<

Nastätten Associated Municipality Banner

It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2011

Nastätten Associated Municipality Coat of Arms

Shield parted per chevron joined to top; above right Or a demi-cogwheel Azure; above left Azure a demi-cogwheel Or; beneath parted per pale of Azure and Or a lion rampant armed and tongued Gules in counterchanged tinctures.
Meaning:
The arms are basically a differentiation of the family arms of the Dukes of Nassau, former local rulers. The cogwheels are symbolising industries.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2011


Municipalities without proper Banners

The following municipalities have no proper banners: Ehr, Eschbach, Hainau, Hunzel, Kasdorf, Kehlbach, Lautert, Lipporn, Marienfels, Weidenbach and Welterod.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023


Berg Municipality

Berg Banner

[Berg (Taunus) municipal banner] 2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Mar 2011

The banner is horizontally divided of black and yellow and cotised yellow-red at its top and bottom edges. The arms are shifted to top. Beneath annexed to the cotised stripes is a broad black horizontal stripe charged with a stylised yellow gate.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 Mar 2011

Berg Coat of Arms

Shield Or a linden twig Vert with three leaves, issuant from base a mount issuant Sable charged with hammer and mallet Argent in saltire.
Meaning:
The twig is alluding to the location in the Taunus, a forest. Hammer and mallet are symbolising thr depletion of ore, lead, silver and gold since 1582.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The banner was approved on 15 December 2008.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Mar 2011


Bettendorf Municipality

Bettendorf Banner

[Bettendorf municipal banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Mar 2011

The banner has centred arms and is parted by an ascending diagonal beginning at the edges of the line of partition on arms of yellow and blue. On upper hoist corner is a blue triangle parted by a yellow ascending diagonal stripe. On lower fly corner is a yellow triangle parted by a blue ascending diagonal stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 Mar 2011

Bettendorf Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess, above Azure two grain ears Or in saltire and an acorn of the same with stem in pale, beneath Or hammer and mallet Azure in saltire.
Meaning:
The acorn is representing the Eichenwld, a local oak grove. The ears are symbolising agriculture, the tools mining. The tinctures are those of the Dukes of Nassau, former local rulers.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The banner was approved on 2 September 2000. The arms were adopted in 1988.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Mar 2011


Bogel Municipality

Bogel Banner

[Bogel municipal banner] 2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Mar 2011

It is a red-blue vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 28 Mar 2011

Bogel Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Azure a sinister facing double queued lion barry of seven of Argent and Gules, at sinister Gules a lion rampant Argent, chief Argent a fess wavy Azure.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays a differentiation of the arms of the Landgraves of Hessen, the sinister half the arms of Eltz of Rübenach family, who had been reeves of the Counts of Luxemburg. The white lion is probably a differentiation of the Bohemeian lion. I have no information about the chief.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 28 Mar 2011


Buch Municipality

Buch Banner

[Buch (Taunus) municipal banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 29 Mar 2011

The yellow banner is parted by an isosceles blue triangle issuant from fly with wavy edges. The upper edge continues the line of partiton on arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 29 Mar 2011

Buch Coat of Arms

Shield parted per bend sinister wavy, above right Azure three connected beech leaves Or in fan, beneath left Or a fountain Azure.
Meaning:
The beech (German: Buche) twig is canting. The fountain is a representation of the well of the village, a local landmark.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The banner was approved on 6 August 1996.
Jörg Majewski, 29 Mar 2011


Diethardt Municipality

Diethardt Banner

[Diethardt municipal banner] 2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 30 Mar 2011

The yellow banner is parted by a centred red cross patty, continuing the cross beams on the centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 30 Mar 2011

Diethardt Coat of Arms

Shield Gules parted by a centred cross Or, each quarter charged with three crosslets patty Or ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a local seal from the 16th century and display the family arms of the Counts of Leiningen-Westerburg, local liege lords. They gained the fiefdom in 1569, after the Lords of Geroldstein had died out, and they ceded it in 1578 to the Landgraves of Hessen-Rheinfels.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The banner was approved on 7 July 2008.
Jörg Majewski, 30 Mar 2011


Endlichhofen Municipality

Endlichhofen Banner

[Endlichhofen municipal banner] 2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 31 Mar 2011

It is a horizontal yellow-blue-yellow triband with centred arms and cotised at the edges on top and bottom as follows: blue(charged with five white acorns ordered horizontally)-white-red.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 31 Mar 2011

Endlichhofen Coat of Arms

Shield enhanced parted per chevron reversed, above Azure a crozier´s head Argent surrounding a coronet proper and flanked by two billets Or, beneath Or an eradicated oak Vert with acorns Argent.
Meaning:
The tree is a representation of the local "big oak" also known as "fair oak", a natural monument. The billets are taken from the Nassau arms. Crozier and coronet are alluding to a donation in 1296, when German King Adolf of Nassau granted privileges to a local monastery.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The banner was approved on 21 September 2005.
Jörg Majewski, 31 Mar 2011


Gemmerich Municipality

Gemmerich Banner

[Gemmerich municipal banner] 2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Apr 2011

It is a white vertical monocolour with arms slightly shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 1 Apr 2011

Gemmerich Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, on top of a triplemount issuant chequered of Vert and Argent a linden Or, flanked at dexter by a lion´s head Or tongued Gules and at sinister by hammer and mallet Or in saltire.
Meaning:
The lion´s head is a differentiation of the arms of the Dukes of Nassau. Hammer and mallet are symbolising local mining in the past. The linden is a representation of that one in front of the local bakery. The mount is representing landscape and the location in the "Blue Country".
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The date of approval of the banner is unknown. The arms were adopted in 1979.
Jörg Majewski, 1 Apr 2011


Himmighofen Municipality

Himmighofen Banner

[Himmighofen municipal banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 2 Apr 2011

The arms are shifted to top. The banner is vertically striped of alternating blue and yellow stripes with ratio 1:3:2:3:1, at top the tinctures are counterchanged above from the horizontal line of partition on arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 2 Apr 2011

Himmighofen Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Or a pale Azure, charged with a crowned lion´s head Or tongued Gules, on each flanch two billets Azure in pale; below Azure a pale Or, charged with three acorns Azure ordered 2:1, on each flanch a billet Or.
Meaning:
The arms combine elements from the arms of the Dukes of Nassau, former local rulers. The blue acorns are symbolising the location in the "Blue Country".
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The banner was approved on 2 September 2000.
Jörg Majewski, 2 Apr 2011


Holzhausen in heather Municipality / (Holzhausen an der Haide)

Holzhausen Flag

[Holzhausen an der Haide flag] 2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Apr 2011

It is a blue-orange horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 3 Apr 2011

Holzhausen Banner

[Holzhausen an der Haide municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 3 Apr 2011

It is a blue-orange vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 3 Apr 2011

Holzhausen Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a lion rampant barry of five of Argent and Gules crowned Or, on middle base point a 6-point star Or.
Meaning:
The arms are those of the Landgraviate of Hessen with a star as distinguishing mark. They are probably based on a local seal.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The dtae of approval of flag and banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 3 Apr 2011


Miehlen Municipality

Miehlen Banner

[Miehlen municipal banner] i mage by Jörg Majewski, 4 Apr 2011

The blue banner is parted by a vertical wavy yellow stripe. The arms are shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 4 Apr 2011

Miehlen Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a heraldic rose Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert with chief embattled Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are a combination of the arms of two families, the rose of the Miehlen kin and the chief of theLiebenstein kin, who also named themselves Miehlen, but who were not related to the former family. The rose is also alluding to the name Rosa domus Nassoica (rose of the House of Nassau), as the village was named in a document from 1644. The oldest local seal from 1563 displays in a quartered shield the lion of the Duchy of Nassau on 1st and 4th quarter, and the lion of Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken on 2nd and 3rd quarter, as Miehlen belonged to Nassau since the 14th century.
Source: H. Knodt:"Hessisches Ortswappenbuch", vols.1+2, Glücksburg 1956
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2023

The banner was approved on 28 September 1987. The arms were approved on 12 July 1950.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Apr 2011


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