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![[Straelen flag]](../images/d/de-kv-st.gif)
3:5 
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Jul 2011
Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a black over white over green horizontal bicolour with ratio 1:2:1. The arrow from the coat of arms is shifted to the hoist.
Source: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Straelen, version 8 November 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Jul 2011
![[Straelen banner]](../images/d/de-kv_st.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Jul 2011
Description of banner:
It is a black - white - green horizontal bicolour with ratio 1:2:1. The arrow from the coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Straelen, version 8 November 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Jul 2011
Description of coat of arms:
In a silver (=white) shield is a black arrow.
Meaning:
According to source the arms are canting, another word for arrow is "beam" (German: Strahl), symbolizing the city's name.
Straelen became city in 1387, lost however that title under the rule of the Bonapartes and regained the title in 1928.
Sources: §2(1) of Hauptsatzung of the city of Straelen, version 8 November 1999 and Stadler 1972, p.91
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Jul 2011
Flag, banner and coat of arms were approved by Regierungspräsident Düsseldorf on 6 August 1971. So we have to conclude, that the flag described by Stadler (see below) didn't exist, there must have been the flag described above instead.
![[Straelen other flag]](../images/d/de-kv-st972.gif)
3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jun 2007
Description of current flag:
The flag's ratio is 3:5. It is a white flag with a green edge at the hoist and a black one at the flyend and the coat of arms in its centre.
Source: Stadler 1972, p.91
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jun 2007
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