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![[Bitburg city flag]](../images/d/de-bp-bb.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Dec 2009
It is a blue-yellow-red horizontal tricolour with centred arms.
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski,
![[Bitburg city banner w/ CoA]](../images/d/de-bp-bb0_.gif) 5:2 iimage by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2023
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5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Dec 2009
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It is a blue-yellow-red vertical tricolour with arms shifted to top (see left image above) or without arms (see right image above).
Source: Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 18 Dec 2009 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2023
Shield Gules an embattled open gate Or on basement of the same on either side flanked by a cross patty fitchy Or under a 5-point star of the same.
Meaning:
Bitburg had been the main settlement of the Bit Shire and gained city rights officially n 1262 but was called a city even earlier. The existence of local seals is proven since 1248. All displayed the current pattern, which was considered to be either a canting castle (German: Burg) or a tower. Crosses and stars were added later. The circumscriptions refer to a provostry of the Princes of Luxemburg, former rulers until 1443.
Source: Stadler 1966, p.19
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2023
Flag and banner are traditional. The arms were approved in 1909.
Jörg Majewski, 18 Dec 2009
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