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Flag of Diebling - Image by Pascal Vagnat, 20 March 2007
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The municipality and rural village of Diebling (1,671 inhabitants; 784
ha) is located in northern Lorraine, 10 km south-east of Forbach.
Diebling is named after a Frankish warlord who settled the valley of
Strichbach at some time between 700 and 1000. The village was known as
Dubelange in 1272, Duebling at the end of the 16th century and
Dieblingen during the German occupation.
Ivan Sache, 20 March 2007
The flag of Diebling (photo) is white with the municipal coat of arms in the middle, D'argent au lion de sable à la bordure de gueules chargée en chef de deux cailloux d'or ("Argent a lion sable a border gules in chief two pebbles or").
The arms of Diebling recall the arms of the former lords of Diebling, Laurent de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Metz,
and the chapter of the St. Stefan collegiate
church of Homburg, symbolized by the two pebbles.
St. Stephen is presented in the Act of the Apostles as one of the first
deacons and the Protomartyre of Christianity. Stephen was stoned to
death c. 34-35 in Jerusalem; he is portrayed in the Christian
iconography with the martyrs' palm and three stones. St. Stephen's Day,
26 December, is a bank holiday in Alsace-Moselle but not in the rest of
France.
Pascal Vagnat & Ivan Sache, 20 March 2007
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