The County of Westerwald with its area of around 1,000 square kilometers, 192 towns and parishes, and nearly 205,000 inhabitants is one of the biggest counties in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The people of Westerwald profit from the past because Westerwald, a region of natural beauty and cultural interest, has rich supplies of basalt and clay. Its clay deposits – up to 50 meters deep – resulted from rocks rich in feldspar and mica being weathered down and gathering in the basins and hollows of still lakes during the Tertiary Period around 40 million years ago. The oldest ceramic finds in the Westerwald region are estimated to date back well over 2,500 years.

Westerwald is easily reached. In addition to the good access provided by the Autobahn A3 (Cologne-Frankfurt), A48 (Koblenz-Trier) and A45 (Gießen-Siegen), the region has had one of the most modern rail connections since 2002. The newly built intercity express route Cologne-Frankfurt with the new ICE station in Montabaur provides a rapid link between the region and European cities.

Coat of Arms

The bottom part of the coat of arms show basalt pillars, as the Westerwald is of volcanic origin. There are seven pillars representing the seven Verbandsgemeinden of the district which have basalt or quartzite in their area. The green band in the middle represents the forests, the jug in the upper part the traditional pottery industry in the district.

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama. Georgia is the 24th-largest state in area and 8th most populous of the 50 United States. Its 2020 population was 10,711,908, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Atlanta, a "beta(+)" global city, is both the state's capital and its largest city. The Atlanta metropolitan area, with a population of more than 6 million people in 2020, is the 9th most populous metropolitan area in the United States and contains about 57% of Georgia's entire population.

Georgia is defined by a diversity of landscapes, flora, and fauna. The state's northernmost regions include the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the larger Appalachian Mountain system. The Piedmont plateau extends from the foothills of the Blue Ridge south to the Fall Line, an escarpment to the Coastal Plain defining the state's southern region.

Coat of Arms

The current flag of Georgia was adopted on February 19, 2003. The flag bears three horizontal stripes (a red-white-red triband) and features a blue canton containing a ring of 13 white stars that encircle the state's gold-colored coat of arms. The ring of stars that encompass the state's coat of arms represents Georgia as one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

In the coat of arms, the arch symbolizes the state's constitution while the pillars represent the three branches of government. The words of the state motto, "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation", are wrapped around the pillars, guarded by a male figure dressed in colonial attire from the American Revolutionary War. Within the arms, a sword is drawn to represent the defense of the state's constitution with the motto of the United States, "In God We Trust", featured below these elements.