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Niederkassel city (Germany)

Stadt Niederkassel, Sieg-Rhein County, North Rhine-Westphalia

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[City of Niederkassel flag] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Jun 2007
adopted 25 Aug 1989.

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Niederkassel city

City of Niederkassel (Rhein-Sieg-county / Northrhine-Westphalia) - Description of flag: In a red field is a silver (=white) castle, having two silver (=white) towers topped by three pinnacles each and with one open (=black) window each. The wall has brickwork and is crowned by pinnacles. The castle is standing upon a green field with a fessy wavy line on its topend.
Between the towers is a silver (=white) shield with a red fess, embattled onboth sides.
The ratio of flag is 3:5. According to source the flag was granted by the district-governor of Köln on 25 August 1989.
Source: Constitution of municipality (=Hauptsatzung), §3 Abs.(2) Anlage3, last version from 28.9.2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 June 2007

banner

[City of Niederkassel banner] 3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jun 2007
adopted 25 Aug 1989.

The banner has the ratio 5:2 and the same pattern as the flag.
(note: the primary source in "Hauptsatzung" showed an indented line at the bottom end (German: Bruchlinie). Perhaps the banner is slightly longer. I drrew the banner with the CoA in the centre but maybe it is shifted to the top. The description says nothing about it. My default then is always "in the centre")
Meaning:
The coat of arms was granted to "Amt Niederkassel" in 1936 by the governor of  Rhine province. The municipality chose that coat of arms in 1970 as its own. The main part is the castle of Lülsdorf. This was also the name of one those municipalities Niederkassel was made from. The castle today still exists, however ruined. The castle belonged to the Dukes of Jülich. The inescutcheon was the coat of arms of the Lords of Lülsdorf, being bailiffs of the Dukes of Jülich from 1250 to 1400. The green base is symbolizing the river Rhine.
Source: Klemens STADLER, images by Max REINHART: "Deutsche Wappen Bd.VII Nordrhein-Westfalen" Bremen 1972, p.74.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2007