Last modified: 2024-07-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a blue over yellow horizontal bicolour. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: §3(3) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Baesweiler, version 1 October 2001, updated 18 November 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2011
The ratio is approx 5:2. It is a celestial blue - yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top. This is the town hall flag.
Source: slide-show of Baesweiler municipality within city webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2011
he ratio is approx 2:1. It is a blue - yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: PDF-flyer for new citizens edited by the city, p.29
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2011
Shield parted per fess. above Or a sinister facing demi-lion issuant Sable armed and tongued Gules, below Azure a pair of arrows Argent in saltire and pointing downwards.
Meaning:
According to source the arms are based on the seal of the Amt Baesweiler from 1556. The lion is symbolising the Dukes of Jülich, the former rulers. The origin of the arrows is not known.
Source: Nagel 1986
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2011
Flag(?), banner(?) and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Köln on 19 November 1973.
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