Municipal Flag - Ziefen, BL, Switzerland
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N 47° 25.890 E 007° 42.334
32T E 402385 N 5253929
The municipal flag of Ziefen at the main junction in the town center.
Waymark Code: WMQ1DQ
Location: Basel Landschaft, Switzerland
Date Posted: 11/29/2015
Views: 5
"Argent, an Eagle displayed Sable fesswise, langued, beaked and membered Or." (Flags of the World)
The flag of Ziefen was introduced in 1943. Like several other municipalities on the closer area, Ziefen chose a variant of the coat of arms of the noble family von Eptingen, who were one of the major powers in the southern part of Basel-Land in the 13th and 14th century, a branch of the family settled in Ziefen, they were called "Zivenner".
The orientation on the picture is correct; the eagle really is rotated, also on the municipal coat of arms.
I found this flag on the main junction in the town center where the roads to the tree neighboring villages meet.
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