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![[VG Baumholder flag]](../images/d/de-bi-01.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Dec 2009
flag adopted 9 Nov 1984
It is a blue-red-yellow horizontal tricolour with arms in canton.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 1 Dec 2009
![[VG Baumholder banner]](../images/d/de-bi-01_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 1 Dec 2009
It is a blue-red-yellow vertical tricolour with arms in canton.
Source: State Archive Koblenz in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 1 Dec 2009
Shield parted er pall reversed embowed; above right chequered of Gules and Argent; above left Or a lion rampant Azure, armed and tongued Gules; beneath Or on top of a triplemount Vert an elder of the same, flanked on either side by an elder blossom Argent, orle of eight pieces Gules-Or-Azure-Or-Gules-Or-Azure-Or.
Meaning:
The 1st quarter displays the arms of the Farther County of Sponheim, the 2nd quarter a differentiation of those of the Counts of Veldenz. The base displays a canting elder (German: Holunder, shortly: Holder) with blossoms and is a differentiation of the arms of the namesake city.. The orle is stressing the status of an associated municipality. Seat of the entity is the namesake city.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 9 November 1984. The arms were approved in 1965 by Minister of Interior of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Jörg Majewski, 1 Dec 2009
The following municipalities have no proper banners: Berglangenbach, Berschweiler near Baumholder, Eckersweiler, Fohren-Linden, Frauenberg, Hahnweiler, Heimbach, Leitzweiler, Mettweiler, Reichenbach, Rohrbach, Rückweiler and Ruschberg.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Apr 2023
![[Baumholder city flag]](../images/d/de-bi-01-ba.gif)
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image by image by Jörg Majewski, 2 Dec 2009
Itis a horizontal 6-stripes flag with stripes alternating of green and white with centred arms.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 2 Dec 2009
French shield Argent with mural crown Or, on top of a triplemount issuant Vert an elder Vert trunked Maron and flanked by two elder blossoms Argent barbed and seeded Or and stemmed Vert.
Meaning:
The name giving elder (German: Holunder, shortly: Holder) is canting.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Apr 2023
The flag is in us since 1999.
Jörg Majewski, 2 Dec 2009
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