Last modified: 2014-02-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Vogelsberg County flag (Germany)]](../images/d/de-vb.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Jan 2014
Description of flag:
It is a blue over white over red horizontal tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Source: Jörg Majewski's flags of German counties webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Jan 2014
![[Vogelsberg County banner (Germany)]](../images/d/de-vb_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Jan 2014
Description of banner:
It is a blue - white - red horizontal tricolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Jörg Majewski's flags of German counties webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Jan 2014
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided into red over blue by a silver (= white) bendlet. Above are two silver (= white) Turk's cap lilies (Latin: Lilium martagon). Below is a lion's head, striped silver (= white) and red and crowned golden (= yellow).
Meaning:
The lilies are taken from the arms of former Lauterbach County. They grow in nature sanctuary Hoher Vogelsberg. The lion's head is taken from the arms of Alsfeld city and is also representing the former Landgraviate of Hesse, to which the biggest part of the nowadays county belonged, and its successors. On 1 August 1972 the counties Alsfeld and Lauterbach and the city of Schotten merged and formed Vogelsberg County.
Source: Stadler 1964, pp.12/55
Flag and banner were approved on 15 March 1989. The coat of arms was approved on 26 July 1978.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Jan 2014
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