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Antrifttal Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Antrifttal, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen District, Hesse

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[Antrifttal municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 2 Oct 2006
approved 7 March 1980 See also:

Antrifttal Municipality

Banner:
It is a red-white-red 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: Ruhlkirchen
inhabitants 2,179
Gießen District , state Hesse
banner approved 7 March 1980
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 2 Oct 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, two axes averted Argent ordered per fess.
Meaning:
The arms are based on the seal of the Lords of Ruhlkirchen from 1262, found under a document, in which Knight Gerlach of Ruhlkirchen and his wife overhand possesions to the Haina Abbey.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 May 2017

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