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Keywords: merseburg | city gate(white) | st. john the baptist(head) | wall | towers(4) |
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Last modified: 2019-06-17 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: merseburg | city gate(white) | st. john the baptist(head) | wall | towers(4) |
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![[Merseburg city flag]](../images/d/de-sk-me.gif)
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image by Stefan Schwoon, 31 May 2001
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The flag is white-red with centred arms. The flag colours are taken from the arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Stefan Schwoon, 31 May 2001
![[Merseburg city banner]](../images/d/de-sk-me_.gif)
5:2 image by Stefan Schwoon, 31 May 2001
The banner is white-red with centred arms. The flag colours are taken from the arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Stefan Schwoon, 31 May 2001
Shield Gules, issuant from base a rounded embattled wall Argent masoned Sable, issuant from wall a stylised dome Argent, having four towers with cone roofs, each one topped by a golden ball, the central towers are bigger, in open port the head of St. John the Baptist proper, served on a dish Or.
Meaning:
The arms are based on a local seal from 1289, which is however considered to be in use since the beginning of the 13th century. The arms basically remained the same, only minor details had been changed. The last changes took place in 1998. St. John the Baptist is the local patron saint, together with St. Lawrence.
Sources: Günther 1996b and German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2018
The current version of the arms was approved on 7 December 1998 by Minister of Interior of Saxony-Anhalt.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2018
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