City of Hennef an der Sieg (Germany)

Stadt Hennef an der Sieg, Rhein-Sieg Kreis, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Current Flag
• Banner
• Coat of Arms
• Plain Flag reported 1972

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• Rhein-Sieg Kreis [SU]
• Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
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Current Flag

Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a red over white horizontal bicolour. The figures of the coat of arms without shield are in the canton.
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jul 2010

Banner

Description of banner:
It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The figures of the coat of arms without shield are in the red stripe shifted to the top.
Source: §3 of Hauptsatzung of the city of Hennef(Sieg), version 26 October 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jul 2010

Coat of Arms

Description of coat of arms:
In a red shield above a silver (=white) vaulted ark is an embattled tower topped by three torrets and flanked by two other towers, all of the same colour. In the vault is a silver(=white) shield showing a red, rampant lion, armed and tongued blue and holding a blue bunch of grapes in his right paw. The shield is flanked on both sides by five silver (=white) crosses on each side and topped by two crosses.
Meaning:
According to Ralf Hartemink's webpage the arms are mainly based upon the a seal of the former city of Blankenberg, which gained city rights in 1245. The King on a throne, which was seen in the original seal, was replaced by the arms of the counts of Berg, when they became rulers of the area. The bunch of grapes is taken from a seal of the village of Geistingen.
Source: §3 of Hauptsatzung of the city of Hennef(Sieg), version 26 October 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jul 2010

Plain Flag reported 1972

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jul 2007
adopted 25 Aug 1989.

Description of plain flag:
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a red over white horizontal bicolour.
Source: Stadler 1972, p.50
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jul 2007

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