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Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Jan 2014
Description of flag:
It is a red over white over red horizontal triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the white stripe.
Source: Jörg Majewski's flags of German counties webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2014
![[Gießen County banner (Germany)]](../images/d/de-gi_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Jan 2014
Description of banner:
It is a red - white - red vertical triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the white stripe and shifted to the top.
Source: Jörg Majewski's flags of German counties webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2014
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess into silver (= white) over blue. Above is a red half timber triangle. Below is a silver (= white) T-shaped St.Anthony's Cross.
Meaning:
The triangle is symbolizing the county's organization and municipal self-administration. It is also alluding to the many half-timbered houses in the region from the early 17th century. The T-cross displays the arms of Gießen University in counterchanged colours since 1736. Gießen had become a state university already in 1607. The university was established by a donation of the Antonian Order, which had a base in Grünberg since 1242.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.38
Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved on 14 January 1980.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2014
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