Beckingen Municipality (Germany) (original) (raw)


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Gemeinde Beckingen, Landkreis Merzig-Wadern, Saarland

Last modified: 2020-03-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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[[Beckingen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-mg-be.gif)3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Beckingen Municipality

Beckingen Flag

It is a yellow-black horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Beckingen Banner

[[Beckingen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-mg-be%5F.gif)5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

It is a yellow-black vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

Beckingen Coat of Arms

Shield quartered, 1st and 4th quarter Argent a cantred cross Sable, 2nd and 3rd quarter Sable a 5-point star Or under two heraldic roses Or of the same.
Meaning:
The charges are referring to the Teutonic Order, displaying its arms in the 1st and 4th quarter and the personal arms of its local commander Philipp Arnold of Ahr (1623-1634). The order owned the village nearly 500 years since the 13th century until the dissolution of the local commandery during the French Revolution in 1792/1793. The personal arms of the commander can also be found in the local chapel, dedicated to St. Marcellus, which was established by himself.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

The arms were approved on 20 August 1951 by the Prime Minister of the Saar State and confirmed on 8 January 1975 by Minister of Interior of Saarland.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2020

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