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![[Meppen flag]](../images/d/de-el-mp.gif)
5:9 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Oct 2007
![[Meppen banner]](../images/d/de-el-mp_.gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Oct 2007
![[Meppen coat of arms]](../images/d/de-el-mp).gif)
image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Oct 2007
Description of coat of arms:
Shield Or, a fess Gules crowned by a cross patty of the same.
Meaning:
Gold and red are the colours of the Bishopric of Münster. The arms of Meppen are nearly the same, just the cross patty was added as a distinguishing mark. Meppen gained city rights in 1360, granted by Bishop Adolf of Münster. The bishops bought the region from the Counts of Ravensberg in 1252. A seal was first mentioned in 1383 and its existence had been proven since 1483 by copies.
Stadler 1970, p.59
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2016
![[Meppen plain flag 1891]](../images/d/de-el-mp891.gif)
1:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Nov 2011
Description of flag:
The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a white over blue horizontal bicolour.
Source:H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Nov 2011
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