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Fernwald Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Fernwald, Landkreis Gießen, Gießen District, Hesse

Last modified: 2021-12-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Fernwald municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 25 Aug 2006
approved 13 January 1984 See also:

Fernwald Municipality

Banner:
It is a vertical blue-white-blue 3-stripes banner with ratio approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
administration seat: Steinbach
inhabitants 6,680
Gießen county
district Gießen , state Hesse
municipality formed at 31 December 1971 by 3 villages
The banner was approved on 13 January 1984 by Minister of Interior of Hesse.
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
Jörg Majewski, 25 Aug 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a facetted saltire Or, in centre an inescutcheon Argent charged with a throughout cross Sable.
Meaning:
The inescutcheon is alluding to the Teutonic Order, the former ruler of Steinbach. The saltire is taken from the arms of Gleiberg, which had possesssions in Steinbach and Annerod as well. The colours blue and gold are those of the Counts of Solms, who played a role in Albach.
The coat of arms was approved on 24 May 1976 by Minister of Interior of Hesse.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Mar 2017

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