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Dautphetal Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Dautphetal, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Dautphetal municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Sep 2006
approved 10 April 1980 See also:

Dautphetal Municipality

Banner:
It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
administration seat: Dautphe
inhabitants 12,233
Gießen District , state Hesse
banner approved on 10 April 1980 and before in 1952 for Dautphe
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.27
Jörg Majewski, 17 Sep 2006


Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, an eagle Argent arme and tongued Or, holding two inescutcheons Argent in his claws, the dexter one sinister bendy charged with a sinister facing lion rampant Gules, the sinister one bendy charged with a lion rampant Gules.
Meaning:
Although Dautphe first was mentioned in 791 and became part of Amt Biedenkopf in 1302, the village had neither own seal nor arms. The current arms, which were granted as arms of Dautphe on 10 June 1952, are based on sculptured arms on the local church from 1543. The origin of these arms is unknown.
The arms were approved as arms of Dautphetal on 15 August 1977 and before in 1952 as arms of Dautphe.
Sources: Stadler 1967, p.27 and Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 May 2017


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