List of flags in Hessen

This list shows the flags in Hessen with its higher municipal association , with its districts and independent cities. Further flags of the cities and municipalities belonging to the district can be reached via the navigation bar at the end of the page. Since banners or high flags are predominantly common in Hesse, the approval data and the flag description are also related to these.

State flag and state service flag

state	Hoist flag	banner	Comments
Hesse	Country flag 5: 3 ? ?		Established by the constitution of December 1, 1946 and the "Law on the Emblems of the State of Hesse of August 4, 1848" “The national colors are red and white.” “The national coat of arms shows in the blue shield a rising lion with golden claws, nine times silver and red . On the shield rests a thread of golden foliage with fruits formed by blue pearls. ” “ The national flag consists of an upper red and a lower white horizontal stripe; the height of the flag is related to its length as 3: 5. The national flag is also the trade flag. The state service flag is the state flag that shows the state coat of arms in the middle. " The coloring of the state flag follows § 66 of the constitution of the state of Hesse from 1946: "The state colors are red and white."
	State service flag 5: 3 ? ?

Higher municipal association

Local association	banner	Comments
State Welfare Association of Hesse	?	The coat of arms was awarded in 1954; The flag has been in use since 1955, most recently in 1995: “The coat of arms of the State Welfare Association shows a blue shield with a red and white striped lion on the top and a soaring lion in gold below. The flag of the State Welfare Association shows in the red and white divided field a blue shield with a red and white striped above, golden soaring lion below. "

Counties

district	banner	Hoist flag	Comments
Mountain road	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on June 5, 1955: "The coat of arms of the Bergstrasse district on the white central panel of the red-white-red flag cloth." Description of the coat of arms : “The fourth shield shows a silver pinnacle tower on a silver mountain in the first blue field; in the second silver field a red five-petalled flower with golden clusters; in the 3rd silver field the red Lorsch Nagelspitz cross and in the 4th blue field the Hessian lion. " (Coat of arms approved * on October 27, 1954)
Darmstadt-Dieburg	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on July 3, 1980: "The circular coat of arms is placed on white flag web with blue stripes in the upper half." Description of the coat of arms : "In a shield divided by gold and blue above a blue-armored and tongued lion, holding a red six-spoke wheel in its paws, 23 silver stars below." (Coat of arms approved on June 16, 1978)
Fulda	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on December 9, 1966, confirmed on July 9, 1973: "In the white field, the flag shows the coat of arms of the district of Fulda framed by two narrow red stripes." Description of the coat of arms : "Split by silver and blue, the black Fulda cross in front, the colorful Hessian lion behind." (Coat of arms approved on December 11, 1936, confirmed on July 9, 1973)
to water	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on May 8, 1952, confirmed on January 14, 1980: "The coat of arms of the district of Giessen on the white central panel of the red-white-red flag cloth." Description of coat of arms : “Shield divided, a red triangle bar at the top, a silver Antoniterkreuz in blue.” With the approval of the Hessian Minister of the Interior on January 14, 1980, the newly formed district of Gießen continues the coat of arms and flag of the previous district of Gießen.
Gross-Gerau	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on January 25, 1967: "On a wide white central strip, flanked by narrow red side strips, the circular coat of arms placed in the upper part." Description of the coat of arms : "In a split shield in front ten times divided by red and silver, behind 2 black bars in silver, in the middle of the shield a blue heart shield with three silver diamonds (2: 1)."
Hersfeld-Rotenburg	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on September 10, 1976: "The flag of the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg shows the coat of arms of the district on two strips of equal width of red and white in the upper half." Description of the coat of arms : "The coat of arms of the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg shows the red Hersfeld double cross in the front, in the shields split by silver and red, behind a horizontal silver branch from which a branch with three silver linden leaves grows." (Coat of arms approved on March 29, 1976)
Hochtaunuskreis	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on September 6, 1974: "The flag shows the colors red and white, in the upper third covered with the coat of arms of the district." Description of the coat of arms : "In a blue field with silver iron hats at the front, a field sprinkled with golden clover leaves at the back, a split, front nine times divided by silver and red, at the back a golden lion." (Coat of arms approved on July 12, 1974)
kassel	2: 5 ?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on May 9, 1975: Description of the coat of arms : "In the shield, which is divided by blue and gold diagonally on the left, the gold-crowned and reinforced, growing Hessian lion above, below three fan-shaped green oak leaves, on which two black wolf pegs, one behind the other, are placed obliquely on the left." Description of the flag: "The flag shows the coat of arms of the district on a flag strip divided by red, white and red in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 in the upper half of the white central strip."
Lahn-Dill district	2: 5 ?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on March 12, 1981: "The flag of the Lahn-Dill district shows the colors blue and gold, mixed up in the upper third and covered with the district's coat of arms at the intersection." Description of the coat of arms : “Divided: on top in gold a red armored double-headed black eagle, both heads nimbed; Split below: front (left) in gold a blue hunting horn with a red ribbon, in the back (right) in blue a red armored golden lion surrounded by seven golden shingles. " (Coat of arms approved on August 4, 1980)
Limburg-Weilburg	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on March 12, 1976: "Between two narrow blue side stripes a wide golden central track, in the upper third covered with the coat of arms of the district." Description of the coat of arms : "In blue a red and silver boxed cross, covered with a blue shield, in it a red armored golden lion between golden shingles." (Coat of arms approved on April 18, 1975)
Main-Kinzig district	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on November 23, 1992: "The flag of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis shows on white flag web with red border stripes, each of which is covered with a yellow thread, in the upper half the applied coat of arms." Description of the coat of arms : “The coat of arms of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis shows in a divided and half-split shield above in red a gold-armored swan growing out of a silver river, below in front a red-armored black eagle in gold with a silver breast shield with black bar, below in rear two in red golden sloping beams. " (coat of arms approved on December 30, 1980)
Main-Taunus-Kreis	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on January 30, 1956: “In a wide white central panel, which is bordered by two narrower red side panels, the coat of arms of the Main-Taunus-Kreis, the divided shield with a silver wheel above in red and three red rafters below in silver shows." Description of the coat of arms : "In the divided shield above a silver wheel in red, below in silver three red rafters." (Coat of arms approved on June 19, 1950)
Marburg-Biedenkopf	2: 5 ?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on July 11, 1975: "The flag shows the coat of arms of the district on two red and white third fields in mixed colors." Description of the coat of arms : "The coat of arms shows in the blue shield the gold-crowned and armored Hessian lion, divided nine times by silver and red, with the shield of the Teutonic Order in its paws - a continuous black cross in silver." (The coat of arms and flag were until the merger of the districts of Marburg and Biedenkopf on July 1, 1974 from the then district of Marburg.)
Odenwaldkreis	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * for the district of Erbach on January 3, 1966: "The coat of arms of the district is placed on a black, red and gold flag cloth in red, which slides into the overturned heraldic tip up to the middle of black and gold." Description of the coat of arms : "A black-rooted oak in a golden shield, accompanied by 3 six-pointed red stars (1: 2)." (Coat of arms approved for the district of Erbach on November 20, 1956)
Offenbach	?		The Offenbach district is unofficially flying a flag that has not yet been approved: "The Offenbach district flag shows the coat of arms of the district on a vertical strip of red and white flag in the upper half." Description of the coat of arms : "In a silver shield there is a green oak tree with three golden acorns, covered with a small shield that splits silver and red, inside two black bars at the front, a silver wheel cut in half at the gap." (Coat of arms approved on February 8, 1951)
Rheingau-Taunus district	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on August 25, 1981: "The flag of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis shows the colors blue and yellow, with the coat of arms of the district in the upper half." Description of the coat of arms : "The coat of arms of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis shows a growing, red-armored golden lion in a blue field sprinkled with golden shingles on a shield divided at an angle to the left, a red wheel in a silver field below." (Coat of arms approved on January 22, 1981)
Schwalm-Eder district	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on January 22, 1976: "The flag shows the coat of arms of the Schwalm-Eder district on a red-yellow-red flag track in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 in the upper half of the central track." Description of the coat of arms : "The coat of arms shows the growing Hessian lion, crowned and reinforced with gold and divided by silver and red five times over three lowered silver wavy ribbons in the blue field." (Coat of arms approved on September 4, 1975)
Vogelsbergkreis	?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on July 26th, 1978: "Three-lane blue-white-red, in the upper half the circle coat of arms." Description of the coat of arms : "In the shield, which is divided by a silver bar on the left, two silver Turkish lilies above in red, below in blue the lion's head with a golden crown, divided three times by silver and red."
Waldeck-Frankenberg	2: 5 ?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on January 26th, 1975: “The district of Waldeck-Frankenberg has the following coat of arms : The shield, which is divided diagonally to the left by blue and gold, shows the growing lion striped in silver and red at the top and the eight-pointed Waldeck star at the bottom. The flag of the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg shows the coat of arms of the district on three equally wide strips of black, red and gold in the upper third. " (Coat of arms approved on June 21, 1974)
Werra-Meißner district		does not fly a flag	The Werra-Meißner-Kreis has a coat of arms (approved on November 12, 1976) and official seal, but no flag of its own. The coat of arms shows "Above a green three-hill covered with a silver wavy bar behind a silver flank, inside a nine-leaved red ash branch, in blue a single-tower, red-roofed silver castle."
Wetteraukreis	2: 5 ?	5: 3 ?	Approved * on April 28, 1981: "On the blue-yellow-red flag track in the upper half of the circle coat of arms." Description of the coat of arms : "In the shield, divided by a blue wavy bar, the black, red-armored double-headed eagle growing in gold above, two red bars in silver below." (Coat of arms approved on July 2, 1975)

Former counties and historical county flags

district	banner	Hoist flag	Comments
Alsfeld	?		Approved ⁇⁇: "" Description of the coat of arms : "In the red shield the silver Alsfeld town hall in front view with blue windows." (Coat of arms approved on December 4, 1956)
Biedenkopf	?		Approved * on December 18, 1959: "Two red and white third panels in mixed up colors, covered with the coat of arms of the Biedenkopf district." Description of the coat of arms : "In blue a silver, gold-crowned lion's head, divided four times by silver and red." (Coat of arms approved on October 15, 1935)
Büdingen	?		Approved on August 26, 1965: "On a wide white central panel - with two narrow red side panels - placed the circular coat of arms in the upper part." Description of the coat of arms: "In blue on a red mountain, a silver square tower with a golden gate." (Coat of arms approved on June 16, 1952)
Darmstadt	?		Approved on August 7, 1962: "In the middle of the flag cloth, which is divided by red and white, placed the coat of arms." Description of the coat of arms: "In blue, 41 silver stars around an applied golden heart shield with a red, blue-tongued and armored lion." (Coat of arms approved on April 5, 1962)
The castle	?		Approved on April 25, 1961: "The circular coat of arms on the wide white central panel of the red-white-red flag cloth."
Waldeck	2: 5 ?	5: 3 ?	Resolved by the district council on May 3, 1955, approved * on June 6, 1956: "On a black-red-gold flag field an eight-pointed black star on a gold disk." Description of the coat of arms: "An eight-pointed black star in gold." (Coat of arms approved in 1929)

One district cities

city	banner	Hoist flag	Comments
Darmstadt		Version without coat of arms Version with coat of arms	Approved 19 ⁇: “The flag of the city of Darmstadt bears the city colors blue / white. It is a banner with a coat of arms on a special field. The city coat of arms stands on a white background. There is also a flag version without a coat of arms. " Coat of arms : “divided by gold and blue; above a growing, blue armored red lion, below a silver heraldic lily; on the shield a red lined gold grand ducal crown. " (approved: 1917)
Frankfurt am Main	?	City colors version with a centrally placed coat of arms Version with a coat of arms in the white flag head	The formerly free imperial city of Frankfurt has been using the city colors since ancient times. The banner was approved on June 5, 1952: “The city colors are white and red. The city ​​coat of arms shows the silver, erect, gold-crowned and gold-armored eagle with spread wings and fangs, with a blue tongue and blue claws on the red field. " The hoisted flag shows the city coat of arms in the center of the horizontal striped field in a 1: 1 ratio of white and red. There is also a version in which the city coat of arms is located in the white flag head. The vertical white-red striped banner in a ratio of 1: 1 shows the city coat of arms in the white banner head. In addition, there is a horizontally divided white-red flap flag in a ratio of 1: 1 with the city coat of arms in the middle. (The current version of the traditional coat of arms of the former imperial city was designed by the sculptor Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz in 1841.)
kassel			Approved 19 ⁇: “The city colors are blue and white. The city ​​coat of arms shows on a blue shield, which - from a heraldic point of view - is criss-crossed by a silver sloping bar leading from top right to bottom left, in the upper field six and in the lower field seven silver three-leaf clovers. "
Offenbach am Main			Approved 19⁇: "The city flag is white-blue and has the city coat of arms in the middle." Coat of arms : "in blue a rooted silver oak tree with five silver acorns" (approved: ⁇⁇)
Wiesbaden	?		Approved on November 8, 1935: “The city ​​coat of arms shows three (2/1) golden lilies - the lily is drawn with three rings - in a blue field. The city flag shows three golden (yellow) lilies on a blue cloth. "

References and comments

^* by the Hessian Minister of the Interior

1. ^ Constitution of the State of Hesse from December 1, 1946 . In: The Hessian Minister President (Hrsg.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1946 No. 34 , p. 229 , Article 66 ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 1,4 MB ]).
2. ^ Law on the emblems of the state of Hesse of August 4, 1948 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1948 no. 21 , p. 111 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 394 kB ]).
3. ^ Constitution of the State of Hesse from December 1, 1946 . In: The Hessian Minister President (Hrsg.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1946 No. 34 , p. 229 , § 66 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,4 MB ]).
4. ^ German Society for Flag Studies : Flags of the higher municipal associations
5. ↑ § 3 Paragraph 1 and 2 of the main statute of the State Welfare Association of Hesse ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ Approval of a flag for the Bergstrasse district in the Darmstadt administrative district on June 5, 1955 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 25 , p. 616 , point 667 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.8 MB ]).
7. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the Bergstrasse district in the Darmstadt administrative district of October 27, 1954 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1954 No. 46 , p. 1086 , item 1125 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.1 MB ]).
8. ↑ Approval of a flag for the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, Darmstadt administrative district, dated July 3, 1980 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1980 No. 29 , p. 1270 , point 800 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.7 MB ]).
9. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, Darmstadt administrative district of June 16, 1978 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1978 No. 27 , p. 1249 , point 791 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.4 MB ]).
10. ^ Approval of a flag for the district of Fulda, administrative district of Kassel from December 9, 1966 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1966 No. 52 , p. 1651 , point 1228 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,6 MB ]).
11. ^ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag of the district of Fulda, administrative district of Kassel from June 9, 1973 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1973 No. 30 , p. 1316 , point 924 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.1 MB ]).
12. ↑ Authorization to carry a coat of arms and a flag to the district of Gießen, administrative district of Darmstadt from May 8, 1952 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1952 No. 21 , p. 376 , point 518 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.2 MB ]).
13. ↑ ^{a b} Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the district of Gießen, administrative district of Darmstadt from January 14, 1980 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1980 No. 5 , p. 212 , point 135 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.2 MB ]).
14. ↑ ^{a b} Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the district of Groß-Gerau, administrative district of Darmstadt from January 25, 1967 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1967 No. 7 , p. 224 , point 152 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
15. ^ Approval of a flag for the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, administrative district of Kassel from September 10, 1976 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 39 , p. 1731 , point 1248 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).
16. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, administrative district of Kassel from March 29, 1976 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 15 , p. 669 , point 512 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.5 MB ]).
17. ↑ Approval of a flag of the Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt administrative region from September 6, 1974 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1974 No. 39 , p. 1735 , point 1239 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.1 MB ]).
18. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt administrative region from July 12, 1974 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1974 No. 30 , p. 1333 , point 958 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.3 MB ]).
19. ↑ ^{a b} § 1 of the statutes for the protection of the coat of arms and the flag of the district of Kassel
20. ↑ § 3 of the main statute of the district of Kassel reads only: "The district of Kassel has a coat of arms and a flag."
21. ↑ Approval of a flag of the Lahn-Dill district, Gießen administrative district from March 12, 1971 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1981 No. 13 , p. 732 , item 453 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
22. ↑ Flag description according to HEt2.pdf ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on ma-vex.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : "Hoist flag: yellow-blue-quartered at a ratio of 2: 3 to the leech, the coat of arms on the crossing, banner: yellow-blue-quartered at a ratio of 1: 2 upwards, the coat of arms on the crossing."   
    
    
23. ↑ Approval of a flag of Limburg-Weilburg, Darmstadt administrative district of March 12, 1976 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 13 , p. 590 , point 445 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.6 MB ]).
24. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of Limburg-Weilburg, Darmstadt administrative district from April 18, 1975 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1975 No. 19 , p. 827 , point 565 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 8.7 MB ]).
25. ^ Approval of a flag of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis dated November 23, 1992 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1992 No. 50 , p. 5153 , point 1081 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.1 MB ]).
26. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt administrative district of December 30, 1980 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1981 No. 3 , p. 100 , point 91 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.6 MB ]).
27. ^ Approval of a flag of the Main-Taunus-Kreis dated January 30, 1956 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1956 No. 7 , p. 141 , point 136 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,4 MB ]).
28. ↑ Granting of the right to use a district coat of arms to the Main-Taunus district in Frankfurt am Main-Höchst, Reg.-Bez. Wiesbaden from June 19, 1950 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1950 No. 26 , p. 244 , point 471 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.8 MB ]).
29. ↑ ^{a b} Approval of a coat of arms and a flag of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district from July 11, 1975 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1975 No. 30 , p. 1348 , point 1003 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7,8 MB ]).
30. ^ Approval of a flag for the district of Erbach, administrative district of Darmstadt from January 3, 1966 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1966 No. 4 , p. 107 , point 72 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.9 MB ]).
31. ^ Approval of a coat of arms for the district of Erbach i. Odw. In Darmstadt Region from November 20, 1956 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1956 No. 49 , p. 1254 , item 1115 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.4 MB ]).
32. ↑ Flag of the Offenbach district (Section 2 of the main statutes of the Offenbach district of July 20, 2005 as amended on March 20, 2013)
33. ↑ Granting of the right to use a district coat of arms to the Offenbach a. M., Darmstadt administrative district of February 8, 1951 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1951 no. 8 , p. 86 , point 151 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.5 MB ]).
34. ↑ Approval of a flag of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt administrative region from August 25, 1981 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1981 No. 36 , p. 1742 , point 1013 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.5 MB ]).
35. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt administrative region from January 22, 1981 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1981 No. 6 , p. 342 , point 205 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.8 MB ]).
36. ↑ Approval of a flag of the Schwalm-Eder district, Kassel administrative district from January 22, 1976 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 8 , p. 346 , point 243 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.8 MB ]).
37. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms for the Schwalm-Eder district, Kassel administrative district from September 4, 1975 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1975 No. 38 , p. 1761 , point 1285 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.9 MB ]).
38. ↑ ^{a b} Approval of a coat of arms and a flag of the Vogelsbergkreis, Darmstadt administrative district of July 26, 1978 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1978 No. 33 , p. 1598 , point 975 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.6 MB ]).
39. ↑ § 1 of the main statutes of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district ( memento of September 5, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) of May 6, 1974 in the version amended on April 26, 2001
40. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the Werra-Meißner district, Kassel administrative district from November 12, 1976 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 49 , p. 2125 , point 1551 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.3 MB ]).
41. ^ Approval of a flag of the Wetterau district from April 28, 1981 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1981 No. 20 , p. 1086 , point 640 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).
42. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the Wetterau district, Darmstadt administrative region from July 2, 1975 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1975 No. 29 , p. 1282 , point 982 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.5 MB ]).
43. ↑ Flag of the district of Alsfeld ()
44. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the Alsfeld district in the Darmstadt administrative district of December 4, 1951 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1956 No. 51 , p. 1314 , item 1171 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.6 MB ]).
45. ↑ Approval of a flag for the Biedenkopf district from December 18, 1959 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1960 no. 1 , p. 1 , point 3 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.8 MB ]).
46. ↑ Coat of arms of the Biedenkopf district ()
47. ^ Approval of a flag for the district of Büdingen, administrative district of Darmstadt from August 26, 1965 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1965 no. 37 , p. 1070 , point 971 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).
48. ↑ Authorization to carry a coat of arms to the district of Büdingen, administrative district of Darmstadt from June 16, 1952 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1952 No. 26 , p. 487 , point 630 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.7 MB ]).
49. ^ Approval of a flag for the Darmstadt district in the Darmstadt administrative district of October 7, 1962 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1962 No. 34 , p. 1122 , point 935 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.3 MB ]).
50. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the Darmstadt district, Darmstadt administrative district of April 5, 1962 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1962 No. 16 , p. 535 , item 535 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.8 MB ]).
51. ^ Approval of a flag for the district of Dieburg in the administrative district of Darmstadt from April 25, 1961 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1961 No. 18 , p. 497 , item 489 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.1 MB ]).
52. ↑ An index card from the Karl Fachinger collection in the Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven on kommunalflaggen.de shows a horizontal flag with a 3: 5: 3 black-red-yellow striped longitudinally, in the red stripe a yellow circle with an eight-pointed black star.
    The source is given: Mitt.Bl.d.Wald.Gesch.Ver. # 15 (5/20/1955)
53. ^ Approval of a flag for the Waldeck district in the Kassel administrative district on June 6, 1955 . In: State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 40 , p. 994 , point 1052 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).
54. ^ Letter from the City Archives of the City of Darmstadt on July 29, 1996.
55. ↑ § 7 of the main statute of the city of Frankfurt accessed on Feb. 26, 2020
56. ↑ § 2 (city colors and city arms) of the main statute of the city of Kassel
57. ↑ Annex to the administrative and service regulations of the city of Offenbach a. M. (VDO) based on a municipal decision of October 5, 1955.
58. ↑ § 6 of the main statute of the city of Wiesbaden

literature

• State Gazette for the State of Hesse (StAnz),
  previously Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette, from No. 27/1918 Hessian Government Gazette (1819–1944)

See also

• List of coats of arms in Hessen

Web links

Commons : Flags in Hessen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hessen at Kommunalflaggen.de
• District and municipality flags in Hessen at FOTW