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Harsewinkel City (Germany)

Stadt Harsewinkel, Kreis Gütersloh, Northrhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2019-02-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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Harsewinkel City

Harsewinkel Flag

It is yellow over black over yellow horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the centre of the black stripe.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.403
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2010

Harsewinkel Banner

[Harsewinkel banner] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2010

It is a yellow-black-yellow vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the black stripe and shifted to the top.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.403
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2010

Coat of Arms

The golden (=yellow) shield is tierceded by a wavy red fork. In the dexter chief is a black horsehead, in the sinister chief a black comb and in the base a black, rampant lion armed and tongued red.
Meaning:
According to Veddeler 2003, p.139 the colours red and yellow are those of the former sovereigns, the bishops of Münster. The fork is symbolizing the riches of water on the territory of the municipality. The horse is symbolizing the former municipality of Harsewinkel, the comb the former municipality of Greffen and the lion is taken from the arms of Widukind of Rheda, who was protector of the monastery of Marienfeld. Thus the lion is symbolizing the former municipality of Marienfeld. The coat of arms is a modification of the former arms of Harsewinkel, having a shield in inverted colours and a white horsehead in each third. An image of those arms can be seen in Stadler 1972, p.48


Harsewinkel Former Banner

[Harsewinkel former flag] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2019

It was a red-yellow-red vertical triband. The former coat of arms is shifted to the top in the yellow stripe
Source: information provided by Klaus Günther, colour information confirmed by Stadler 1972, p.48
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2019

Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by district governor (Regierungspräsident) Detmold on 6 February 1972.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.139
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2010


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