Espenau Municipality (Germany) (original) (raw)


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Gemeinde Espenau, Landkreis Kassel, Kassel District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[[Espenau municipal banner]](../images/d/de-ks-es%5F.gif)5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 11 Nov 2006
approved 12 April 1984

Espenau Municipality

Banner:
It is a vertical 5-stripes banner red-white-green-white-red with ratio approx. 3:4:1:4:3. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
administration seat: Hohenkirchen
inhabitants: 4,939
Kassel County
Kassel District , state Hesse
banner approved on 12 April 1984
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 11 Nov 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield quartered of Gules and Argent, four aspen leaves in cross, being Argent in the quarters Gules and Vert in the quarters Argent.
Meaning:
The leaves and the quartered shield are representing the four former municipalities of Espenau, which merged on 1 December 1970. The aspen (German: Espe) leaves are canting elements.
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2017

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