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Minden city (Germany)

Stadt Minden, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2007
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See also:

County and Municipal Flags (North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Minden-Lübbecke cities and municipalities
North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

City of Minden

The flag of Minden is, as far as I know, a red and white bicolor. In the middle respectively shifted to the top (vertical version) or to the hoist (horizontal version) is the town's coat of arms.
This is for Minden: A vertical divided shield, in the left side there is a black double eagle on a golden (=yellow) field, on the right side there are two crossed silver (=white) keys on a red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Nov 2005

City of Minden (Minden-Lübbecke county / Northrhine-Westphalia) n.c.
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a red over white horizontal bicolour.
Source: Klemens STADLER, images by Max REINHART: "Deutsche Wappen Bd.VII Nordrhein-Westfalen" Bremen 1972; p.69.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jul 2007

Description of banner:
It is a red ans white vertical bicolour with the cities coat of arms shifted to the top. Beneath the coat of arms is the inscription "MINDEN" (unserifed black capital letters)
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale. The dexter side shows a black double-headed eagle in a golden (=yellow) field. The sinister side shows two crossed silver (=white) keys in a red field.
Meaning:
The sinister side shows the genuine coat of arms of the city. It was derived from the bishopric of Minden. The dexter side shows the imperial double eagle of the Holy Roman Empire. During 30-years-war the city had been heavily suffered from supplying and lodging imperial troops. In order to thank the city Emperor Ferdinand II. gained his "protection" and the privilege to have a second coat of arms with his imperial double-eagle. The city used the two coats of arms side by
side, and e.g. on coins the old one. The sinister side was also used alone at least until 1657. Later both shields have been connected to one shield divided per pale, officially in 1853.
Authorized: according to VEDDELER the flag is used without any authorization
Source: Peter VEDDELER:"Wappen-Siegel-Flaggen, die kommunalen Hoheitszeichen der Kreise, Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen-Lippe" ; ISBN 3-87023-252-8; p.464
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Nov 2007

Flag without CoA

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jul 2007
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