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![[Bockenem city banner]](../images/d/de-hi-bo_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Nov 2011
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It is a yellow-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source:this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Nov 2011
The shield is divided per pale into golden (= yellow) and red superimposed by a silver (= white) embattled fess bendy.
Meaning:
According to source the colours are those of the Bishopric of Hildesheim. The fess bendy was taken from the arms of the Wohldenberg kin. The colour was however changed from red to silver.
Source: Stadler 1970, p.25
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Nov 2011
![[Bockenem plain flag 1891]](../images/d/de-hi-bo891.gif)
1:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2011
The ratio is given as 1:2. It was a yellow over red over white horizontal tricolour.
Source:H.Ahrens "Hannoversche Landschafts-und Städtewappen", 1891, plate XX
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Nov 2011
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