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Gersheim Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Gersheim, Landkreis Saarpfalz, Saarland

Last modified: 2020-03-20 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Gersheim municipal flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Mar 2020 See also:

Gersheim Municipality

Gersheim Flag

It is a red-white horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020

Gersheim Banner

[Gersheim municipal banner] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Mar 2020

It is a red-white vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020

Gersheim Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, in saltire a crozier Gules over a sword Azure, chief Gules charged with an ammonite Or.
Meaning:
The crozier is alluding to the abbeys of Herbitzheim/Elsass, Hornbach and Wörschweiler, which had political influence in the Medieval, the sword probably is alluding to the Romans or their successors the Merowingians. The ammonite may represent the local shell-bearing limestone (German: Muschelkalk).
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020

Flag colours and arms were approved on 26 July 1976 by Minister of Interior of Saarland.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2020

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