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The associated municipality has not yet a proper banner.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 May 2023
![[VG Bad Ems flag - 2018]](../images/d/de-rl-01-02.gif)
2:3 
image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Feb 2011
It was a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Jörg Majewski, 21 Feb 2011
Shield Azure a lion rampant Or in chief three fleur-de-lis of the same ordered 1:2, orle of 18 pieces alternating of Or and Azure.
Meaning:
The arms combine the lion of the Counts of Nassau, with the fleur-de-lis of Darmstadt, alluding to St. Mary, its local patron saint. The city had been capital of the Upper County of Katzenelnbogen.. The nine golden parts of the orle are representing the nine municipalities of the associated municipality.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 May 2023
The flag was approved on 28 July 1972.
Jörg Majewski, 21 Feb 2011
![[VG Nassau banner - 2018]](../images/d/de-rl-01-06_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Feb 2011
It was a blue-orange vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 May 2023
Shield parted per fess, above Azure a demi-lion rampant issuant Or armed and tongued Gules, beneath Or 19 lozenges Azure ordered 7:7:5.
Meaning:
The upper half displays a differentiation of the family arms of the Dukes of Nassau. Each lozenge on the lower half is representing one municipality of the former associated municipality.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 May 2023
The flag was approved on . The arms were approved on .
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 May 2023
The following municipalities have no proper banners: Attenhausen, Dessighofen, Dienethal, Dornholzhausen, Geisig, Hömberg, Lollschied, Misselberg, Oberwies, Pohl, Schweighausen and Seelbach.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 May 2023
![[Arzbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-ar_.gif)
2:1 
image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Feb 2011
It is a green-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 22 Feb 2011
Shield Argent a sword reversed Gules in pale under a pair of keys Azure in saltire.
Meaning:
Keys and sword are the attributes of St. Peter and St.Paul, patron saints of the local Catholic church.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner is in use since 1997. The arms were approved in 1975.
Jörg Majewski, 22 Feb 2011
![[Bad Ems city banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-be_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Feb 2011
It is a blue-yellow-red vertical tricolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 Feb 2011
Shield Azure a knight clad in armour Or and mounted on horse passant Argent bridled Gules dividing his coat Gules by a sword Argent in bend sinister, sitting in front a beggar Argent with loincloth Gules, issuant from chief a sun radiant Or flanked by two pairs of 6-point stars of the same, mural crown Argent with three towers.
Meaning:
The knight is St. Martin, the local patron saint. The saint appeared already on the oldest local seals since 1461. Sun and stars were added in the 17th century. Ems gained the status of a city in 1863 and the prefix "Bad" in 1912.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.14
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner is in use since 22 May 1925. The arms were approved in 1908 by King Wilhelm II of Preußen.
Jörg Majewski, 23 Feb 2011
![[Becheln municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rl-01-bc.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Feb 2011
It is a blue-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 24 Feb 2011
![[Becheln municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-bc_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Feb 2011
It is an off centred blue-white horizontal bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 24 Feb 2011
Shield parted per fess of Argent and Azure an escarbuncle Or in centre charged with a heraldic rose Gules seeded Azure and barbed Or.,
Meaning:
The arms are basically the family arms of the Lords of Becheln with an additional rose taken from the arms of the Barons of Stein
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 15 April 1992. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 24 Feb 2011
![[Dausenau flag]](../images/d/de-rl-01-dn.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Feb 2011
It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical tricolour with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the yellow stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 25 Feb 2011
![[Dausenau municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-dn_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Feb 2011
It is a blue-yellow-blue vertical tricolour with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the yellow stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 25 Feb 2011
Shield Azure a demi-lion issuant Or armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The municipal arms are a differentiation of the arms of the Nassau kin, former local rulers.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 25 October 1991. The arms were adopted in 1937.
Jörg Majewski, 25 Feb 2011
![[Fachbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-fa_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Feb 2011
It is a blue-orange vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 26 Feb 2011
Shield parted per bend wavy, above left Or three huerts ordered 2:1, beneath Azure a fish haurient embowed Argent spotted Gules.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 26 Feb 2011
![[Frücht municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-fr_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Feb 2011
The banner is off-centred parted of yellow and blue by an ascending line. The arms are shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 26 Feb 2011
Shield parted per bend sinister, above left Azure semy of billets Or a lion rampant issuant Or armed and tongued Gules, beneath left Or a heraldic rose Gules seeded Azure nad barbed Or flanked by two wolf traps Gules.
Meaning:
The upper half is based on the arms of the Dukes fo Nassau, the lower half on those of the Barons of Stein. The village belonged to Nassau until 1613 and again since 1804. Inbetween it had been a part of the Lordship of Stein.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 30 March 1992.
Jörg Majewski, 26 Feb 2011
![[Geisig municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-gs_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2023
It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms. The upper hoist is parted by two ascending yellow parallel lines, the lower fly by two ascending blue parallel lines.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2023
Shield Or with base wavy Azure, issuant from base the gable side of a house Sable with half timber Argent and a millwheel Argent, on dexter chief a linden twig Vert with three leaves in bend sinister, on sinister chief a grain ear of the same in bend.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2023
The banner was approved on 20 January 2010.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2023
![[Kemmenau municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rl-01-km.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour with arms in canton on the yellow stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
![[Kemmenau municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-km_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms in canton on the yellow stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
Shield Argent four firs and two deciduous trees all Vert ordered 3:3; mantled Azure, issuant from dexter chief a sun radiant Or, on sinister chief a Roman watch tower Or.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 17 February 1986.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
![[Miellen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rl-01-ml.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
It is a white flag with centred arms on a broad descending red diagonal.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
Shield Or parted by a bend wavy Azure, above left a cogwheel Azure, beneath right three huerts in bend.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The flag was approved on 15 September 1990.
Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
![[Nassau city banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-na0_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2011
It is a blue-orange vertical bicolour.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2011
The banner was approved in 1956. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 23 Mar 2011
![[Nievern municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rl-01-nv.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour with arms in canton on the yellow stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
![[Nievern municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-nv_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms in canton on the yellow stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski,
Shield Azure with damascene Argent a pale Argent charged with a mitre Gules above and three balls of the same beneath ordered 1:2.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 2 October 1985. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 27 Feb 2011
![[Obernhof municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-oh_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
Shield Azure a wolf trap Or in pale flanked by two 6-point stars of the same.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner is in use unofficially. The arms were approved on .
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
![[Singhofen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-si_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2011
It is a blue vertical monocolour with arms in the canton and parted by a vertical yellow stripe on fly.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2011
Shield Or a wind generator Azure with double vane of the same, issuant fom base an embattled picket fence Sable made by 15 pallets.
Meaning:
The generator is an industrial monument. It was made in 1907 in order to fill the local water tower. The fence is alluding to the wall, which surrounded Alteburg, the first local settlement.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 10 April 1992. The arms were approved in 1991.
Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2011
![[Sulzbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-sz_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2011
The banner is very off-centred quartered of yellow and blue with arms in canton on the intersection of quarters and parted by three additional ascending blue stripes on lower fly.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2011
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Azure semy of billets Or a sinister facing lion rampant Or armed and tongued Gules, at sinister Or the western façade of a church Azure, base wavy in counterchanged tinctures charged with a blossom with four petals in re-counterchanged tinctures.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 28 September 2005.
Jörg Majewski, 24 Mar 2011
![[Weinähr municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-we_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2011
It is a red vertical monocolour with arms in canton and parted by a broad ascending white stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2011
Shield Or a mitre Azure with scarves under two croziers Gules in saltire.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 10 March 1999. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2011
![[Winden (Nassau) municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-wd_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2011
It is a green monocolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2011
Shield Argent a patriarchal cross Sable.
Meaning:
The arms are known since 1446 and appeared on village seals since 1951. The meaning is unknown.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 23 April 1999. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 25 Mar 2011
![[Zimmerschied municipal banner]](../images/d/de-rl-01-zi_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2011
It is a blue-yellow vertical bicolour with arms in camton on the blue stripe.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2011
Shield Argent a pump well Azure with basin, on dexter chief an oak leaf Vert in pale.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2023
The banner was approved on 1 May 1998.
Jörg Majewski, 26 Mar 2011
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