Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen (Hesse, Germany)

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Marcus Schmöger First used 15 March 1955, last observed use 1995

• Description

See also:

• Higher Communal Associations (Höhere Kommunalverbände, including Landeswohlfahrtsverbände)
• County and Municipal Flags (Hesse / Hessen, Germany)
• Hesse (Hessen, Germany)
• Germany

The whole territory of the Land Hessen also forms the Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen (a Höhere Kommunalverband or higher communal association) since 1953. The arms were granted in 1954, the flag used for the first time 15 March 1955. The flag is now out of use, the last observed use was 1995. It is a red-white bicolour with the arms in the centre; the arms are (blazon): Azure, a lion rampant party per fess: in chief barry of four Argent and Gules, in base Or. There are also reports of car flags from the 1950s.

Sources:

• Dieter Linder, The "Höhere Kommunalverbände" in Germany, oral presentation during the 19th International Congress of Vexillology at York (23-27 July 2001) (with permission from the author)
• Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen website

Marcus Schmöger, 15 October 2001

The golden bottom half of the lion stands for the golden lion of Nassau (see an image of the Nassau arms at the International Civic Arms website).

Santiago Dotor, 16 October 2001