Hessisch Lichtenau City (Germany) (original) (raw)


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Stadt Hessisch Lichtenau, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Hesse

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[[Hessisch Lichtenau city banner]](../images/d/de-ew-hl%5F.gif)5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 5 Oct 2006
approved 1967

Hessisch Lichtenau City

Banner:
It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
inhabitants: 13,290
Werra-Meißner County
Kassel District , state Hesse
banner approved in 1967
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.49
Jörg Majewski, 5 Oct 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, issuant from base a mount Vert, charged with an inescutcheon Or and crowned by three towers Argent roofed Gules; the inescutcheon is charged with a lion rampant Gules holding a lantern black, the chief of the inescutcheon is charged with a branch Vert with three roses Gules.
Meaning:
The oldest seal of the city, at that time still named Walberg, from 1289 and shows three towers on a trefoiled arch, the single arches charged with two stars and a rose in the central arch. The second seal is known from the early 14th century, which shows again three towers, but now in the base a lion and a rose branch. The latter two were later placed in a shield, and the above arms appeared for the first time in 1689. The lion holds a small light, i.e. the lantern, (German: Licht) as a canting element. The meanings of the lion and the roses are not known.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.49
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 June 2017

Fürstenhagen Borough

[[Fürstenhagen flag]](../images/d/de-ew-hl-fh%5F.gif)5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 6 Oct 2006
approved 11 May 1960

Banner:
It is a green-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms without shield is in a white bannerhead.
incorporated on 1 January 1974
Werra-Meißner County
district Kassel, state Hesse
The banner was approved on 11 May 1960 by Minister of Interior of Hesse.
banner unofficial, used for traditional purposes only
Jörg Majewski, 6 Oct 2006

Fürstenhagen Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, an eradicated oak Vert with four acorns Or, superimposed by an inescutcheon Gules charged with a prince's coronet.
Meaning:
The prince's coronet (German: F�rstenhut) is a canting element. The oak probably is representing local oak groves. The arms were designed by Richard Assmann (1887-1965)
The arms were approved on 10 July 1958 by Minister of Interior of Hesse.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 June 2017

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