Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis (Germany)

until 1st January 2004 Ludwigshafen County, Rhineland-Palatinate

Last modified: 2006-10-21 by jarig bakker
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3:5  image by Stefan Schwoon, 29 Jan 2001
Flag adopted 28 Oct 1977, coat-of-arms adopted 1971

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Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis

From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website: The new arms were granted in 1971. The new arms combine elements from the old arms (granted on 13 Oct 1960) with the cross of Speyer. The lion is the lion of the Pfalz, as the largest part of the county historically belonged to the Pfalz. The [wavy bend sinister] shows the Rhine Valley and river [and the inescutcheon shows] the water lily leaves, as a typical symbol for the district.
Literature: Stadler 1964-1971.
Santiago Dotor, 23 Oct 2001

Landkreis Ludwigshafen will be renamed to Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, effective 1 Jan 2004. Source: county website.
Stefan Schwoon, 8 Dec 2003

Allerdings möchten wir Sie darauf
>aufmerksam machen, dass der Landkreis Ludwigshafen schon vor annähernd
>einem Jahr in Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis umbenannt wurde. Außerdem zeigt Ihr Bild ein
>falsches Wappen. Die Seerosenblätter in der Mitte müssen goldfarben sein.
>Grün waren sie nur ganz kurz, bis jemand bemerkt hat, dass grün in rot
>heraldisch nicht zulässig ist.

I would like to point out that your image shows the wrong arms. The water lily leaves in the center have to be gold - they were green for only a short while, until someone noticed that green in red (color on color) is heraldically wrong.
Jürgen Schwerdt, 16 Dec 2004

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