Lichtenfels City (Germany)

Stadt Lichtenfels, Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Kassel District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Lichtenfels City

Banner:
It is a green-white-green vertical triband with stripes of equal width. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
inhabitants: 4181
administration seat: Goddelsheim
Waldeck-Frankenberg County
Kassel District , state Hesse
banner approved on 18 February 1991
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 1 Nov 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, an 8-point star Sable, surrounded by eight flowers Gules seeded Argent with centres Or.
Meaning:
The arms display the 8-point star of Waldeck, surrounded by eight flowers, representing the eight former municipalities: Dalwigksthal, Fürstenberg, Goddelsheim, Immighausen, Münden, Neukirchen, Rhadern and Sachsenberg, which merged on 1 October 1971.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2017

Fürstenberg Borough

Banner:
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the top.
incorporated on 1 October 1971 (also see No. 153/481)
Waldeck-Frankenberg county
district Kassel, state Hesse
banner approved 1967
banner unofficial, used for traditional purposes only
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 3 Nov 2006

Fürstenberg Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess off-centred, above Azure a bearded saint issuant Proper, dresses Or, pointing with his left hand to a disc Or, charged with a Paschal Lamb; beneath Or the lower half of a facetted 8-point star Sable.
Meaning:
Fürstenberg is first mentioned as a city in 1254. The oldest seal from the 13th century displayed the Abbott of Corvey, as the local ruler. When the city was ceded to the Counts of Waldeck in the 15th century, in the seals the half star of Waldeck was added. The figure issuant from star was interpreted as the patron saint of Corvey, St. Justinus with the flame of the Holy Spirit. Since the 19th century the saint was replaced by the local patron saint St. John the Baptist and the Paschal Lamb as his attribute.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.35
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2017

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