Heppenheim (Bergstraße) City (Germany)

Stadt Heppenheim an der Bergstraße, seat of Landkreis Bergstraße, Darmstadt District, Hess

Last modified: 2017-11-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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Heppenheim an der Bergstraße City

Banner:
It is a red-white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the top.
inhabitants 25,388
Bergstraße County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner approval unknown
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 25 June 2006

Heppenheim old Banner

Heppenheim Flag in France

Heppenheim is twinned with the French town of Le Chesnay, located near Versailles. In the late 1980, the municipal flag of Le Chesnay (green with the municipal coat of arms in the middle) and the flag of Heppenheim (horizontal version) were flown permanently, along with the French national flag, on the rond-point d'Heppenheim (Heppenheim rotunda). The hoisting of the flag seems to have disappeared in the early 1990s, probably after a change in the municipal administration, and the three flag poles have remained sadly empty since then.
Ivan Sache, 25 June 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield parted per fess; above Azure a demi-lion issuant barry of five of Argent and Gules, crowned and armed Or, holding a sword Argent hilted Or in pale by his right forepaw; beneath parted per pale, at dexter Argent a facetted cross fitchy Gules, at sinister Gules a 6-spokes wheel Argent.
Meaning:
The lion in the upper half is the lion of Hessen, the cross is the symbol of the Lorsch Abbey and the wheel is the symbol of the Archbishopric of Mainz. Heppenheim was a dominion of the Lorsch Abbey until 1232, when it became a dominion of the Archbishops of Mainz. Since 1803 the city belongs to Hessen.
The arms were granted in 1913.
Source: Stadler 1967, p.47
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2017

Hambach (Heppenheim) Borough

Banner:
It is a red-white-red vertical triband with ratio of stripes approx. 1:4:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top within the central stripe.
incorporated on 31 December 1971
Bergstraße County
Darmstadt District , state Hesse
banner adopted on 15 September 1965
banner unofficial, used for traditional purposes only
details based on the presentations of Klaus Günther with kind permission
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 29 June 2006

Hambach Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a bend sinister wavy Argent, charged with three heraldic roses Gules seeded Argent and barbed Vert; in dexter chief a watermill's wheel Argent having six spokes; in sinister base a facetted cross fitchy Argent.
Meaning:
Hambach is located in the valley of the namesake creek, formerly consisting of Oberhambach and Unterhambach. The bend wavy is symbolising the Hambach, a local creek. The cross is a modification of the arms of Lorsch Abbey, to which the municipality belonged. The millwheel is reminding on the four watermills in Hambach valley. No details are given about the roses.
The arms were approved on 20 June 1952.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2017

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