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Ennepe-Ruhr County (Germany)

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Last modified: 2020-05-23 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Ennepe-Ruhr County flag] 3:5  image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Nov 2007 See also:

Ennepe-Ruhr County

Ennepe-Ruhr County Flag

It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.306
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Nov 2007

Ennepe-Ruhr County Flag with Coat of Arms

[Ennepe-Ruhr County flag w7 CoA] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2020

It is a blue-yellow horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: Linder und Olzog 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2020

Ennepe-Ruhr County Banner

[Ennepe-Ruhr County banner] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Nov 2007

It is a blue banner with horizontal yellow stripes at the left and right edge. The ratio of stripes is 1:3:1. Within the blue stripe is the coat of arms shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.306
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Nov 2007

Ennepe-Ruhr County Coat of Arms

Shield Or a bar chequered of Gules and Argent, on chief and base a bar wavy Azure.
Meaning:
The shield is taken from the Counts of Mark, recognisable by the Markian chequered bar (version 3 times 7 squares). The bars wavy are symbolising the rivers Ruhr and Ennepe, which gave the county its name.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.306
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Nov 2007


The flag was approved on 25 March 1954, current pattern according to Hauptsatzung of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis , version 26 June 2000.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.306
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Nov 2007


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