Kusel County (Germany)

Landkreis Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz

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3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 July 2010

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Kusel County

Kusel County Flag

The flag is horizontally divided of yellow and blue with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 17 July 2010

Kusel County Banner

The flag is vertically divided of yellow and blue with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 17 July 2010

Kusel County Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale, at dexter Sable a sinister facing lion rampant Or armed and tongued Gules, at sinister Argent a lion rampant Azure armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The arms show the blue lion of Veldenz and a differentiated Palatine lion. The largest part of the county belonged to the Counts of Veldenz during the late Middle Ages. They founded a castle in Emichonen in 1115 and named themselves after the area (von Veldenz). They ruled until 1444, when Veldenz was incorporated into the Principality of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. Between 1393 and 1444 the princes gradually acquired most of the county and kept it until the end of the 19th century.
Sources: Debus 1988 and Stadler 1966, p.100
Stefan Schwoon, 30 Jan 2001

Flag and banner were approved on 19 February 1979. The arms were approved on 13 December 1965.
Stefan Schwoon, 30 Jan 2001

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