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Leichlingen city (Germany)

Stadt Leichlingen, Rheinisch-Bergisch County, North Rhine-Westphalia

Last modified: 2007-10-27 by jarig bakker
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[Leichlingen city flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jun 2007
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City of Leichlingen

City of Leichlingen (county Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis / Northrhine-Westphalia)
Description of flag:
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a horizontal blue over white over blue flag with the coat of arms in its centre.
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess by a wavy line. In the chief is the upper half of a red rampant queue fourchee (=double tailed) lion, blue crowned, blue tongued and blue armed. The base shows in a blue field a silver (=white) fish with red fins.
Meaning:
The lion belongs to the coat of arms of the counts of Berg. The fish symbolizes the location near Wupper creek. It was also part of the ensign of the lords of Vorst in Leichlingen in 14th century and also that one of Volkwin von Hückeswagen, who gained the city by marriage in 1416.
Source: Klemens STADLER, images by Max REINHART: "Deutsche Wappen Bd.VII Nordrhein-Westfalen" Bremen 1972; p.63.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jun 2007