Ruhland Subcounty Municipality (Germany) (original) (raw)


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Amt Ruhland, Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Brandenburg

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[[Ruhland city flag]](../images/d/de-ob-01-ru.gif)3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Nov 2019
Ruhland city flag

Ruhland Subcounty (Amt Ruhland)

Entities without proper Flags

The subcounty has no proper flag. It is the same with its municipalities Grünewald, Guteborn, Hermsdorf, Hohenbocka and Schwarzbach.
Sources: �2 of Hauptsatzung of Amt Ruhland, version 3 July 2019 and this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Nov 2019

Ruhland City [Sorbian: _Rólany_]

Ruhland City Flag

It is a black-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Nov 2019

Ruhland City Banner

[[Ruhland city banner]](../images/d/de-ob-ru%5F.gif)5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Nov 2019

It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Nov 2019

Ruhland City Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a double-headed eagle Sable, armed and tongued Gules, in chief an impending Imperial Crown proper.
Meaning:
A local castle was mentioned in 1317. The village gained city rights in 1397. A local seal around 1600 displayed the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire, having a circumscription "DES STAEDTLEINS RVHLAND GROSERE INSIEGEL". The reason for the use of the Imperial insignia is not known.
Source: Bensing et alii 1984, pp.389-390
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Nov 2019

The arms were approved on 10 November 1992
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

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