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Saalfeld-Rudolstadt County (Thuringia, Germany)

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

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[Saalfeld-Rudolstadt County (Thuringia, Germany)]   5:2
 image by Stefan Schwoon
 Flag adopted 8 February 1995, coat-of-arms adopted 16 January 1995


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Description

Green-yellow with the arms. The first and the fourth quarters contain the arms of the principality of Schwarzburg.
Sources: flag from Ulle 2000, arms from the Thuringia official website.

Stefan Schwoon, 16 March 2001

Flag adopted 8 February 1995, according to Dirk Schönberger's Administrative Divisions of the World website. From 's Ralf Hartemink's webpage :

The arms were granted on 16 January 1995. Saalfeld was an important city and from 1680-1745 the capital of the Duchy of Saxony-Saalfeld. This is symbolised by the arms of Saxony in the second and third quarter. The other two quarters show the arms of the Princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Source: Linder and Olzog 1996.

Santiago Dotor, 22 February 2002


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