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Steinhagen (Germany)

Stadt Steinhagenk, Kreis Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia

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[Steinhagen flag] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2007
authorized 16 Aug 1977

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Municipality of Steinhagen

Description of flag: It is a red over white horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the hoist.
Description of the coat of arms: The shield is divided per fess. In the base are three red chevrons on a silver(=white) field. The chief is divided per pale. On the right side is a golden(=yellow) ear of wheat in a blue field. On the left side is a blue branch of juniper in a golden(=yellow) field.
The Municipality was founded in 1973, when the municipalities of Steinhagen, Brockhagen, and Amshausen merged. The coat of arms of the old municipality, which was granted on 1 March 1939, was kept. Its use was permitted on 16 August 1977.
Meaning: Steinhagen belonged to the Counts of Ravensberg. Their coat of arms was a silver(=white) shield with three red chevrons. The grain and the juniper are the ingredients of a strong digestive named Steinhäger because of its origin from Steinhagen.
The colours red and white are not only those of the county of Ravensberg but also of the Prussian province Westfalen(engl. Westphalia), to which the municpality belonged since 1815.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Feb 2007

These informations and images are based on the book by Veddeler that we have in our bibliography as [ved03] Peter Veddeler's Wappen, Siegel, Flaggen. Die kommunalen Hoheitszeichen des Landschaftsverbandes, der Kreise, Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen-Lippe, 2003 (in English: Coats-of-arms, seals, flags. The communal symbols of the Landscape Association, the counties, towns and municipalities in Westphalia-Lippe).
The flag has been authorized on 16 August 1977, by the Regierungspräsident in Detmold (district president). According to the city statute (Hauptsatzung) of 1999 the arms is shifted to the hoist.
The gif should be changed to 3:5 instead of 2:3..
Marcus E.V. Schmöger, 25 Feb 2007