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Gütersloh County (Germany)

Kreis Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia

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[Gütersloh County flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2007
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Gütersloh county

Gütersloh county was formed 1 January 1973. It comprises the formerly independent county of Halle und Wiederbrück, as well as the city of Harsewinkel from the old county of Warendorf and the municipality of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock from the former county of Bielefeld. Seat became in 1997 the city of Gütersloh, which replaced in that function the cities of Halle (Westf.) and Rheda-Wiedenbrück.
Source: county website.

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[Gütersloh County banner] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Nov 2007
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Coat of arms

GÜTERSLOH
Additions : 1973 Halle, Wiedenbrück
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The arms were granted on September 12, 1974.
The upper part shows the chevrons derived from the County of Ravensberg, and part of the arms of the former district of Halle. The wheel is derived from the arms of the Bishops of Osnabrück, who owned several estates in the district. The lower part shows the eagle of the County Rietberg. The former district Wiedenbrück was for a large part based in the former Rietberg county.
Literature : Linder and Olzog, 1996.
Source: Ralf Hartemink.