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![[City of Ludwigshafen (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)]](../images/d/de-rp-ls.gif)
3:5 | stripes 1+3+1
by Stefan Schwoon
Flag adopted 31st March 1938
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The official description of the flag is according to Debus 1988:
Divided by red, yellow, and red in proportions 1:3:1.Granted 31.3.1938. The flag [horizontal version] is also shown on Staack 1997. Arms from Stadler 1964-1971.
Stefan Schwoon, 28 February 2001
From Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website:
Ludwigshafen was founded in 1853 and received city rank in 1859. The new city used a seal with an anchor as a symbol for the sailing on the river Rhine. (...) These arms were never officially granted. In 1899 the arms on the seal were quartered to add symbols for the two municipalities that had merged wit