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G�rlitz city (Germany)
Stadt G�rlitz, G�rlitz county, Saxony
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3:5 image by Stefan Schwoon, 9 Mar 2001
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G�rlitz city
White-red bicolour with the lesser arms (i.e. just the shield without other attributes). Since 1945 G�rlitz, situated on the river Neisse, is divided into a German and a Polish part (Zgorzelec). G�rlitz was a countyfree city (kreisfreie Stadt) until August 2008, when it became part of the new county of G�rlitz (Landkreis G�rlitz).Sources: flag description sent by Falko Schmidt from Die Wappen der kreisfreien St�dte und Landkreise im Freistaat Sachsen: Ver�ffentlichung der S�chsischen Archivverwaltung, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle/Saale, ISBN 3-89812-069-4, arms from Bensing et al, Lexikon St�dte und Wappen der DDR, Leipzig, 1984.
Stefan Schwoon, 9 Mar 2001