Zwickau County (Germany) (original) (raw)

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Zwickau County

Zwickau County Flag

It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Wappen, Flaggen und Symbole der sächsischen Landkreise nach der Kreisreform von 2008", Dresden 2010, p.54
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2020

Zwickau County Banner

[[Zwickau County banner]](../images/d/de-zw%5F.gif)2:1 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2020

It is a red-white vertical bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Wappen, Flaggen und Symbole der sächsischen Landkreise nach der Kreisreform von 2008", Dresden 2010, p.54
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2020

Zwickau County Coat of Arms

Shield parted per pale; at dexter Azure, a lion rampant, parted per fess of Or and Argent, armed and tongued Gules; at sinister bendy of four of Gules and Argent.
Meaning:
The dexter half displays the lion from the arms of the Pleißenland, a territory under direct imperial rule (German: reichsunmittelbar), established around 1150 by Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa. The sinister half displays the arms of the Counts of Schönburg.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Wappen, Flaggen und Symbole der sächsischen Landkreise nach der Kreisreform von 2008", Dresden 2010, pp.29,54
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2020

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 4 December 2009 by district director (Landesdirektor) of Chemnitz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2020

Chemnitzer Land County

Chemnitzer Land Flag

[[Chemnitzer Land county flag]](../images/d/de-zw-c1.gif)3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2007

It was a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Wappen, Flaggen und Symbole in Sachsen und seinen Stadt- und Landkreisen", Goslar 2001, p.69
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2007

Chemnitzer Land Banner

[[Chemnitzer Land county banner]](../images/d/de-zw-c1%5F.gif)image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2007

It was a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Wappen, Flaggen und Symbole in Sachsen und seinen Stadt- und Landkreisen", Goslar 2001, p.69
Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2007

Chemnitzer Land Coat of Arms

[[Chemnitzer Land county CoA].gif)](../images/d/de-zw-c1%29.gif)image by Jörg Majewski, 4 Feb 2007

Shield bendy of four of Gules and Argent a lion rampant sable armed and tongued Gules.
Meaning:
The background tinctures are the arms of the Counts of Schönburg, the lion is taken from the arms of the Margraves of Meißen from the Wettin kin.
Source: Erwin Günther: "Wappen, Flaggen und Symbole in Sachsen und seinen Stadt- und Landkreisen", Goslar 2001, p.69
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2020

Flag, banner and arms were approved on 12 January 1995 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Chemnitz.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2020

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