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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Höxter County flag]](../images/d/de-hx.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2007
It is a red-yellow horizontal bicolour with arms shifted to the hoist.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.310
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2007
![[Höxter county banner]](../images/d/de-hx_.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2007
It is a red-yellow vertical bicolour with arms shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.310
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2007
![[Höxter county banner (1963 - 1974)]](../images/d/de-hx963_.gif)
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2020
It was a red-yellow vertical bicolour with the old arms (version 1953) shifted to the top.
Source: letter from county administration to Falko Schmidt on 23 August 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2020
Shield enhanced parted by a fess wavy Azure, above Or parted by a cross gules, beneath Argent a fleur de lis Azure.
Meaning:
The coat of arms connects elements of the coats of arms of the former counties of Höxter and Warburg, the latter joined the new Höxter County. The cross is taken from the coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Paderborn. The fleur de lis is taken from the arms of former Warburg County. The fess wavy is symbolising the Weser River. The colours red and gold are those of the archbishopric and the Imperial Abbey of Corvey as well.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
Shield parted per fess, above Gules parted by a cross Or, beneath Or a bar wavy Azure.
Meaning:
The bar wavy is representing the Weser River, being the eastern border of the county. The cross is representing the Archbishops of Paderborn, former rulers of nearly the whole county until 1802. Its tinctures are those of the Benedictine Imperial Abbey of Corvey, founded by Emperor Ludwig the Pious in 823 and upgraded to a bishopric in 1792. The abbot was ruler of the city of Höxter and a few surroundings. The collegiate church of Corvey Abbey with its famous western façade is one of the oldest buildings in Northern Germany.
Source: Stadler 1964, p.46
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2020
Flag, banner and arms were approved on 12 February 1976 by district governor (Regierungspräsident) of Detmold. The old flag was adopted on 17 May 1963. The old arms were approved on 17 January 1953 by Minister of Interior of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The old symbols were abolished on 31 December 1974.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2020
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