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Wetzlar city (Germany)

Stadt Wetzlar, seat of Lahn-Dill-Kreis, district Gießen, Hesse

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[Wetzlar flag] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2006
adopted 2 Jan 1981 See also:

Wetzlar city

Wetzlar, city, county seat, special status city
inhabitants 52,460
Lahn-Dill county
district Gießen [Giessen], state Hesse
flag adopted 2nd January 1981
A special status city is a city with more than 50.000 inhabitants in Hesse.
The GIF and the details are based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission.
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2006

I have a question concerning Gießen and Wetzlar. For a brief preriod these two cities were amalgamated into "Stadt Lahn" (1977-1979), a highly unpopular state of affairs as I recall.
Surely this entity had arms and a flag - does someone know these?
Jan Mertens, 30 Sep 2006

1975 flag

[Wetzlar 1975 flag] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2006
flag variant proved 1975

1964 flag

[Wetzlar 1964 flag] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 7 Sep 2006
flag variant proved 1964

Hermannstein borough

[Hermannstein flag] 5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Sep 2006
adopted 25 Jul 1972

Hermannstein, borough of Wetzlar
incorporated at 1st July 1977 (also see No. 101/313)
Lahn-Dill county
district Gießen [Giessen], state Hesse
flag adopted 25th July 1972
flag inofficial, used for traditional purposes only
The GIF and the details are based on the presentations of Klaus Günther, with kind permission.
The municipality flags are shown mostly in banner form in Hesse.
Jörg Majewski, 13 Sep 2006