Bingen upon Rhine City (Germany)

Stadt Bingen am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen county, Rhineland-Palatinate

Last modified: 2023-06-02 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Bingen upon Rhine City / (Bingen am Rhein)
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• Bingen Coat of Arms

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Bingen upon Rhine City / (Bingen am Rhein)

Bingen Flag

It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 Aug 2009

Bingen Banner

It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski,

Bingen Coat of Arms

Shield Azure on top of a mount issuant Vert charged with a lying beggar Argent a knight, mounted on a horse passant Argent bridled Or, nimbed Or, clad in armour Argent, coated Gules, parting his coat by a sword Argent in bend sinister, on dexter chiefpoint an inescutcheon Gules charged with a 6-spokes wheel Argent.
Meaning:
The oldest city seal from the middle of the 13th century displayed St. Martin, the patron saint of the Archbishopric of Mainz, sitting on a throne in the middle of a city silhouette. Later seals and a banner from the 30-Years War (1618 - 1648) displayed the saint as knight with the beggar and parting his coat. The inescutcheon with the arms of the archbishopric was added later. Since the 15th century the city arms displayed the inescutcheon alone. The current arms are based on the second pattern of the city seal.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.18
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2023

The date of approval of flag and banner is unknown. The arms were approved in 1816.
Jörg Majewski, 7 Aug 2009

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