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![[Witten flag]](../images/d/de-en-wi.gif)
3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Jul 2010
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Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a horizontal red - white -red triband with ratio 1:3:1. The coat of arms is in the middle of the white stripe, which is painted with a smaller size in Veddeler 2003.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.554
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Jul 2010
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess, below it's a plain silver(=white) field, above are two silver(=white), rampant, double queued, lions, turned away from each other in a red field.
Meaning:
According to source the image is taken from the seal of the lords of Witten. According to Ralf Hartemink it is known as arms of lord Everhard of Witten-Steinhausen since 1283. His descendants had been imperial vassals up to 1806. Originally from a seal the colours were not known and had been chosen arbitrarily, when the Prussian king confirmed the approval of the arms on 6 November 1911. Probably the colours of the Prussian province of Westphalia had been chosen.
Source: Veddeler 2003, p.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Jul 2010
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