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Erwitte city (Germany)

Stadt Erwitte, Soest County, North Rhine-Westphalia

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Nov 2007
Flag adopted 21 Dec 1977

Erwitte city
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See also:

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

Erwitte city

Description of flag:
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a yellow over red horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in its centre.
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per pale. On the dexter side there is a red rampant lion, golden (=yellow) crowned, in a golden (=yellow) field. On the sinister side is in a red shield is a golden (=yellow) mark, as being used on gables of houses, shaped like a man trap with a beam in its centre.
Meaning:
The lion is the ensign of the Lords of Erwitte, the sinister side is the coat of arms of the former municipality of Bad Westernkotten.
Authorized: 21 December 1977 by Regierungspräsident Arnsberg
Source: Peter VEDDELER:"Wappen-Siegel-Flaggen, die kommunalen Hoheitszeichen der Kreise, Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen-Lippe" ; ISBN 3-87023-252-8; p.381
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Nov 2007

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Nov 2007
Flag adopted 21 Dec 1977

Description of banner:
It is a red and yellow vertical bicolour with the coat of arms shifted to the top. Usually it should be a red and yellow bicolour but obviously the colours have been turned in order to counterchange the fields of the coat of arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Nov 2007