Seligenstadt City (Germany)

Stadt Seligenstadt, Landkreis Offenbach, Darmstadt District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-03-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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Seligenstadt City

inhabitants 19.733
Offenbach county
Darmstadt District, state Hesse
flag adopted 23 July 1957
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 1 Aug 2006

Seligenstadt Banner

It is a red-white-red vertical 3-stripes banner with ratio approx. 1:4:1 and the coat of arms shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Jörg Majewski, 1 Aug 2006

Seligenstadt Arms

The shield is parted per pale. At dexter in a field Or is a demi-eagle sable, armed and crowned Gules. At sinister in a field Gules is a demi-wheel Argent.
Meaning:
The arms were approved in 1952 and combine the imperial eagle and the wheel of Mainz. The oldest seals of the city are known since 1267. The oldest two seals both show a crowned imperial eagle, the third shows a king on a throne. The three seals indicate that the city was under direct imperial rule (Reichsstadt). In 1309 the city became a possession of the Archbishops of Mainz, and the next seal showed the archbishop on a throne, with in the upper part the wheel of the State of Mainz. All later seals until the late 19th century show the wheel of the Archbishopric of Mainz combined with a monogram with the letters SL for the name of the city.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.83
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2017

Froschhausen Borough

Froschhausen, borough of Seligenstadt
incorporated on 1 January 1977
Offenbach county
Darmstadt District, state Hesse
flag adopted 6 September 1956
flag inofficial, used for traditional purposes only -
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 2 Aug 2006

Froschhausen Banner

It is a red-yellow-red vertical 3-stripes banner with ratio approx. 3:7:3 and the coat of arms shifted to the top within the yellow stripe.
Jörg Majewski, 2 Aug 2006

Froschhausen Arms

The shield is Gules, displaying a frog Or flanked by two reeds Argent.
Meaning:
The frog (German: Frosch) is a canting element.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2017

Klein-Welzheim Borough

Klein-Welzheim, borough of Seligenstadt
incorporated on 1 January 1977
Offenbach county
Darmstadt District, state Hesse
flag adopted 16 Jan 1954
flag inofficial, used for traditional purposes only.
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 7 Aug 2006

Klein-Welzheim Banner

It is a red-white-red vertical 3-stripes banner with ratio approx. 3:7:3 and the coat of arms shifted to the top within the white stripe.
Jörg Majewski, 7 Aug 2006

Klein-Welzheim Arms

The shield is Gules, displaying a wheel Argent in chief and a catfish Argent in base.
Meaning:
The wheel is alluding to the Archbishopric of Mainz. The catfish (German: Wels<7i>) is a canting element.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2017