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![[VG Simmern-Rheinböllen banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski,
It is a blue-white-blue vertical triband. The coat of arms is shifted towards the top.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2023
Shield Sable, a lion rampant Or, crowned, armed and tingued Gules; mantled, at dexter lozengy of Argent and Azure, at sinister Or an annulet Gules with an annexed arrowhead of the same in bend sinister.
Meaning:
The lion from the Palatine arms is representing both former entities. Their arms both displayed differentiations. The lion had been passant on the arms of the Simmern Associated Municipality. Hewas reduced to his head on the arms of Rheinböllen Associated Municipality. The Bavarian lozenges are taken from the arms of the former, the annulet with arrowhead
from the armsof the latter. It is the alchemical symbol of iron and is referring to ore mining and iron processing in the former entity. Both entities historically belonged to the Principality of Pfalz-Simmern, represented by the lions, which was ruled by the Wittelsbach kin, represented by the lozenges. The orle had been the symbol of a subcounty and later of an associated municipality.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 8 February 1990.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2023
![[VG Simmern banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-06_.gif)
5:2 
image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2011
It was a white-blue vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2011
Shield parted per pale; above Sable a lion passant Or, armed and tongued Gules; beneath lozengy of Argent and Azure, orle of eight pieces alternating of Azure and Argent.
Meaning:
The arms basically are those of the city of Simmern, just an orle was added. The lozenges display the lesser arms of Bayern. The upper half is a differentiation of the Palatine arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2023
The banner is in use since 1981.
Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2011
The following municipalities have no proper banners: Belgweiler, Benzweiler, Bergenhausen, Bubach, Budenbach, Fronhofen, Holzbach, Horn, Keidelheim, Kisselbach, Klosterkumbd, Külz in Hunsrück,, Kümbdchen, Laubach, Mengerschied, Mutterschied, Nannhausen, Neuerkirch, Niederkumbd, Ohlweiler, Oppertshausen, Ravengiersburg, Rayerschied, Reich, Riegenroth, Schnorbach, Schönborn, Steinbach, Tiefenbach, Wahlbach and Wüschheim.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jan 2023
![[Altweidelbach banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-aw_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2011
The banner is parted per bend of yellow and balck with centred arms. On upper fly corner a rd-yellow-black triband in bend, on lower hoist quarter a bend of yellow-red-yellow-black.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2011
Shield parted per bend; above left Sable a lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Gules; beneath right Or, parted by a bend sinister wavy Azure, above a church Azure.
Meaning:
The church is a representation of the local parish church. The blue wavy line is symbolising the five local creeks. The lion is a differentiation without crown of the Palatine lion.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The banner was approved on 7 April 2006.
Jörg Majewski, 16 Feb 2011
![[Argenthal banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-ar_.gif)
11:6 
image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2011
It is a blue-white bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2011
Shield parted per bend; above left Sable a sinister facing lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Gules; beneath right lozengy of Aegent and Azure.
Meaning:
The arms displays besides the Bavarian lozenges and a differentiation of the lion from the Palatine arms.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2011
![[Biebern banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-bi_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2011
It is a blue-white verical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2011
Shield parted per pale; at dexter Argent parted by a centred cross Sable; at sinister Azure above two churches Argent and beneath a pair of scales of the same.
Meaning:
The black cross displays the arms of the Benedictine Fulda Imperial Abbey, which gained the surrounding woods in 754. The churches are representations of both local churches. The scales are symbolising the former court assembly or folkmoot of Biebern, which was held by the Augustine Ravengiersburg Convent.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The banner was approved on 5 May 2003.
Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2011
![[Dichtelbach banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-db_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2011
It is a black-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2011
Shield parted per pale, at dexter Or parted by a bend sinister wavy Azure, above a wheel Gules, beneath hammer and mallet Sable; at sinister Sable a lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The sinister half displays the Palatine lion without crown. The blue wavy line is a representation of the name giving creek. Wheel and tools are probably symbolising carrying trade and mining.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The banner was approved on 18 May 1995.
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2011
![[Ellern in Hunsrück banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-el_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2011
The banner is green, parted by a white fess shifted to top and a white barrulet shifted to fly. The arms are in canton entering the white fess.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2011
Shield Argent on mount issuant Vert an alder proper, at sinister an inescutcheon hanging down from its lowermost branch, shield quartered as follows: 1st quarter Sable a lion rampant Or, 2nd and 3rd quarter lozengy of Argent and Azure, 4th quarter Gules an orb Or.
Meaning:
The alder(local German:Eller) is a canting element. The inescutcheon displays the arms of the Principality of Pfalz-Simmern.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The banner was approved on 8 May 1996.
Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2011
![[Erbach banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-er_.gif)
3:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2011
It is a banner of arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2011
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale, at dexter Argent a boar´s head Sable armed Argent with nose Gules, at sinister Vert parted by a bendlet sinister wavy Argent; beneath Azure an impending chevron reversed.
Meaning:
The upper half is canting, as the name of the municipality is derived from Eberbach, which means creek of the boar. The lower half is representing the former Volkenbach settlement.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The banner was approved on 3 February 2003.
Jörg Majewski, 5 Feb 2011
![[Liebshausen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rk-04-lh.gif)
3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2011
Flag parted by a white cross equipollé with blue centre shifted to fly of red and blue.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2011
![[Liebshausen banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-lh_.gif)
5:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2011
Banner parted by a white cross equipollé with blue centre shifted to fly of red and blue.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2011
![[Liebshausen old banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-lh_1.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2011
It was a red-white-vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top, topped by the name.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2011
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2011
Shield Azure,above a small bell hanging down from the dexter arm of a T-shaped pole of the same, beneath a bell Argent, mantled; at dexter Argent parted by a cross Gules, at sinister Or an eagle Sable, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The eagle is the one-headed imperial eagle, the red cross displays the arms of the Archbishopric of Trier, to which the village belonged since 1312. The bell is an attribute of St. Lioba, the local patron saint. Pole and small bell are probably alluding to the very first local church, finished in 1006.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 7 February 2003. The date of approval of the old banner is unknown.
Jörg Majewski, 6 Feb 2011
![[Mörschbach banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-mb_.gif)
3:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2011
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour with arms in canton.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2011
Shield twice parted per pale, at dexter Sable a sinister facing lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Gules; in centre bendy-sinister bendy of Argent and Azure, at dexter Gules three chevrons reversed Argent.
Meaning:
The dexter part is a differentiation of the Palatine arms, the central part of the Bavarian arms. Both are alluding to the Wittelsbach kin. The sinister part is perhaps alluding to Thiderich of Mergisbach, a nobleman, who built the first local church in 1006.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The banner was approved on 8 February 2006
Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2011
![[Pleizenhausen banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-ph_.gif)
2:1 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2011
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms and bordered by thin black stripes at hoist and fly.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2011
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale, at dexter Sable a lion rampant Or, armed and tongued Gules, at sinister chequered of Gules and Argent, charged with a maple leaf Or; beneath Argent two ducks najant respectant Sable armed Or.
Meaning:
The lion is alluding to the Principality of Pfalz-Simmern, to which the village histroically belonged. The chequered quarter displays the arms of the Farther County of Sponheim. The additional leaf is symbolising forestal riches. The ducks are referring to the nickname of the inhabitants.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The banner was approved in 1998. The arms were approved on 11 December 1980 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Koblenz.
Jörg Majewski, 17 Feb 2011
![[Rheinböllen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rk-04-rb.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2011
It is a yellow-black horizontal bicolour with arms in canton.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2011
![[Rheinböllen banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-rb_.gif)
8:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2011
It is a yellow-black vertical bicolour with arms in canton.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2011
Shield Sable, a lion rampant issuant Or, armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The arms are a differentiation of the arms of the Palatine Counts of Rhine.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 27 July 1988.
Jörg Majewski, 7 Feb 2011
![[Riesweiler banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-rw_.gif)
3:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 8 Feb 2011
It is a modified banner of arms. The lower half of the shield has been extended to a partition per chevron.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 8 Feb 2011
Shield parted per fess; above parted per pale by a pallet Argent, at dexter Sable a lion´s head Or tongued Gules, at sinister Gules a fleur-de-lis Argent; beneath Argent an eradicated ash Vert.
Meaning:
The lion´s head is a differentiation of the Palatine arms. The village belonged to the Principality of Pfalz-Simmern. The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of St. Mary and alluding to a local hermitage dedicated to her. The tree is probably a local natural monument or former natural monument.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The banner was approved on 19 January 1995.
Jörg Majewski, 8 Feb 2011
![[Sargenroth municipal flag]](../images/d/de-rk-04-sa.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2011
It is an armourial flag (banner of arms).
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2011
Shield Sable parted by a bendlet sinister Or; above right a lion passant Or, armed an tongued Gules, in bend sinister; beneath Sable a fess Or.
Meaning:
The lion is symbolising that the village belonged to the Principality of Pfalz-Simmern. The sinister half displays the arms of the Knights of Wildburg, whose castle had been in the namesake village.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The flag was approved on 23 December 1986.
Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2011
![[Simmern city banner]](../images/d/de-rk-04-sm_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2011
It is a white-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2011
Shield parted per fess; above Sable a lion passant Or, crowned, armed and tongued Gules; beneath lozengy bendy of Argent and Azure.
Meaning:
The village was owned by the Raugraves (Latin: comites hirsuti), which had been counts of undeveloped land. Their privileges were confirmed in 1330. In 1358 the area was acquired by the Wittelsbach kin. Palatine Count Stephan established the Principality of Pfalz-Simmern, which existed until 1685. The current pattern is based upon the oldest local seal, which was made before 1400. The lion passant is a differentiation of the Palatine arms, which shows a lion rampant instead. The lower half displayed the Bavarian lozenges. Inbetween the crown of the lion had been omitted. Simmern gained city rights in 1330, partially confirmed in 1555, lost the status of a city in 1794 but regained it in 1857.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.58
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Feb 2023
The date of approval of the banner is unknown. The arms were confirmed in 1901.
Jörg Majewski, 18 Feb 2011
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