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Homberg (Ohm) City (Germany)

Stadt Homberg (Ohm), Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen District, Hesse

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Homberg(Ohm) city banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 24 Sep 2006
in use since 1930 See also:

Homberg (Ohm) City

Banner:
It is a blue-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
inhabitants 7,913
Gießen District , state Hesse
banner in use since 1930
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 24 Sep 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, on top of a trefoiled arch Argent a castle Argent roofed Gules with three towers of the same, beneath the arch a sinister facing lion passant barry of eight of Argent and Gules, crowned and armed Or.
Meaning:
Though Homberg was mentioned as a city first in 1311, it had proper seals long before since 1234. All seals since the 16th century display a castle or city wall, with the lion barry of the Landgraves of Thuringia, since 1274 Counts of Hessen, to which the city belonged. In a seal from 1536 the lion was sinister facing. The current arms are based on this seal. In the 17th until the 19th century the arms appear in many rolls of arms in different colours. First the lion was displayed red in silver, later gold in blue (Nassau). The current arms are based on the version of Otto Hupp (1925).
Source: Stadler 1967, p.51
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 May 2017

Banner: Coat of Arms: Meaning: Source: Stadler 1967, p.51

Ober-Ofleiden Borough

[Ober-Ofleiden banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 28 Sep 2006
approved 28 April 1967

Banner:
The banner is off-centred quartered of white and red. The coat of arms is superimposing the common point of all quarters.
incorporated on 1 October 1971
Gießen District , state Hesse
banner approved 28 April 1967
banner 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, 28 Sep 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a wolf trap Sable, chief parted per fess Azure over Or, charged with three roundels in fess in counterchanged colours.
The coat of arms was approved on 24 August 1966
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 May 2017

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