Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Beelen flag]](../images/d/de-wa-bl.gif)
3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2011
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Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a 5-stripes flag divided by alternating horizontal blue and yellow stripes of equal width. The coat of arms is in the centre of the flag.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.343
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2011
![[Beelen banner]](../images/d/de-wa_bl.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2011
Description of banner:
It is a 5-stripes flag divided by alternating vertical blue and yellow stripes of equal width. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.343
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2011
Description of coat of arms:
A black, rampant lion, armed and crowned silver (=white) and tongued red is placed upon a lozengy shield of gold (=yellow) and blue.
Meaning:
According to source the lozengy shield is that one of the kin of von Baack, who was owner Grevinghoff mansion and the right of wood processing in the Beelen marshes. The lion is taken from the arms of the lords of Oesede, who died out in the 14th century. The lion's colours were unknown. Therefore they had been chosen arbitrarily in 1939.
Beelen is the smallest municipality within the county and resisted successfully being incorporated into the neighbouring villages.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.95
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jun 2011
Flag and banner were approved by Regierungspräsident Münster on 15 April 1989. The coat of arms is that one of former Amt Beelen, who had been approved to the Amt on 2 March 1939 by the Oberpräsident of Prussian province of Westphalia. The arms were ovetaken by the municiplaity without any approval.
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