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Kamen city (Germany)

Stadt Kamen, Unna County, North Rhine-Westphalia

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jun 2007

City of Kamen
Kamen banner

See also:

County and Municipal Flags (North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Unna County [UN]
Unna cities and municipalities
North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Germany

City of Kamen

City of Kamen (Unna county / Northrhine-Westphalia)
Description of flag:
The flags ratio is 3:5. It is a blue over white horizontal bicolour with the coat of arms in its centre.
Description of coat of arms:
The golden(=yellow) shield is superimposed by the Markian chequered fess (German: Märkischer Schachbalken). In the central chief is a red gear with four spokes and 24 teeth.
Source: Hauptsatzung der Stadt Kamen, §2, dated 26 April 2005
And: Peter VEDDELER: "Wappen-Siegel-Flaggen, die kommunalen Hoheitszeichen der Kreise, Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen-Lippe", ISBN 3-87023-252-8.

Additional information:
The Markian chequered fess consists of three connected fesses, each having seven alternating red and white squares. The top fess is starting with a red square at the dexter side. It was a symbol of the counts of Mark. It is part of many Westphalian flags and/or coats of arms, e.g. Hamm, Altena, Ennepetal, Gummersbach, Iserlohn, Wattenscheid.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jun 2007

Kamen banner

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jun 2007

Description of banner (hanging flag)
Its ratio is 5:2. It is a vertically divided blue and white flag superimposed by the coat of arms, which is shifted to the hoist.
Source: Peter VEDDELER: "Wappen-Siegel-Flaggen, die kommunalen Hoheitszeichen der Kreise, Städte und Gemeinden in Westfalen-Lippe", ISBN 3-87023-252-8.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Jun 2007