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klaus-michael schneider
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It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2014
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5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 22 Mar 2020
It is a blue-yellow verical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Mar 2020
The blue shield is quartered. The 1st and 4th quarter display a silver (= white), rampant, double-queued lion, crowned golden (= yellow) and tongued red in a blue field scattered with silver (= white) crosslets fitchy. The 2nd and 3rd quarter display a golden (= yellow), rampant, double-queued lion, crowned and tongued red in a blue field scattered with golden (= yellow) billets.
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Saarbücken County existed from 1816-1974 and used no arms. In 1974 a municipal community (Stadtverband) was formed including the city of Saarbrücken. In 2007 it was renamed to Regionalverband Saarbrücken.
The arms are derived from the arms of the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken with the lions in the opposite quarters. The largest part of the district was originally part of the County of Nassau-Saarbrücken. The silver lion is the old lion of the Counts of Saarbrücken, the golden lion and the flag colours belong to the Counts of Nassau.
Source: Linder und Olzog 1996
The flag colours were approved on 17 March 1975. The coat of arms was granted in 1909.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 June 2014
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