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Description of banner:
It is a blue - white - red vertical tricolour with ratio 1:2:1. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: §4(4) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Bad Honnef, version 20 July 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is chequered 30 times into silver(=white) and red superimposed by a 5-tongued blue cadency mark.
Meaning:
According to Ralf Hartemink's webpage the counts of Sponheim-Blankenburg owned the district LLöwenberg, of which Honnef was a major city. Their arms became those of the city.
Source: §4(4) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Bad Honnef, version 20 July 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jul 2010
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