Rastatt County (Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Landkreis Rastatt

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
Keywords: baden-württemberg | rastatt county | landkreis rastatt | coat of arms: quartered (grapes: yellow) | coat of arms: quartered (rose: yellow) | coat of arms: quartered (bend: red) |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

5:2 by Stefan Schwoon Flag adopted 23rd January 1991, coat-of-arms adopted 24th May 1974

• Description
• Civil Flag

See also:

• County and Municipal Flags (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
• Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
• Germany

Red-yellow with the arms. Source: Falko Schmidt [arms from H. John, H. Köckert and G. Wüst, Die Kreis- und Gemeindewappen im Regierungsbezirk Karlsruhe, Theiss, Stuttgart, 1990].

Stefan Schwoon, 19 March 2001

Adopted 23.01.1991, according to Dirk Schönberger's Administrative Divisions of the World website. From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:

After the county reform (...) new arms were granted on May 24, 1974. The arms show in the first quarter the arms of Rastatt city [the so-called Raste, a device used by grape-farmers to carry materials], in the second the grapes taken from the arms of the former county Bühl [symbolising viticulture, one of the main agricultural activities], the lower part shows again the rose of [the Counts of] Eberstein and the bend of Baden. For heraldic reasons the rose was changed in colour.

Literature: Stadler 1964-1971; H.G. Zier and P. Futterer, Wappenbuch des Landkreises Rastatt, Stuttgart, 1966; H. John, H. Köckert and G. Wüst, Die Kreis- und Gemeindewappen im Regierungsbezirk Karlsruhe, Theiss, Stuttgart, 1990.

Santiago Dotor, 5 March 2002

5:2 by Santiago Dotor Flag adopted 23rd January 1991