Last modified: 2019-03-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a black over yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 27 Oct 2018
It is a black-yellow vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Thomas Rystau, 27 Oct 2018
Shield twice parted per fess of Gules, Or and Vert, above an embattled wall Argent with port Sable, topped by an embattled tower Argent, in centre a stag salient Gules, hunted by a hound salient Gules, beneath plain Vert (lawn).
Meaning:
Wall and tower are symbolising the feistiness of the city. Hound and stag are obviously alluding to the rights of a market town to St. Giles (Ägidius), granted in 1284. Giles is among others said to be the patron saint of hare hunting. His attributes hare and hound had been part of the arms until the middle of the 18th century. The original deed had been stolen at the beginning of the 18th century. And the hare probably had been replaced by a stag by lack of knowledge.
Sources: German WIKIPEDIA and city webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2019
Flag and banner were approved on 18 March 2009 by the county administration.
Thomas Rystau, 27 Oct 2018
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